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Hell's Kitchen and the battle for urban space : class struggle and progressive reform in New York City, 1894-1914 / Joseph J. Varga.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Varga, Joseph J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City planning--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York.
- City planning.
- City planning--Political aspects--New York (State)--New York.
- Social structure--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Social structure.
- Social classes--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Social classes.
- Progressivism (United States politics)--History.
- Progressivism (United States politics).
- Hell's Kitchen (New York, N.Y.)--History.
- Hell's Kitchen (New York, N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951.
- New York (N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Monthly Review Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Hell's Kitchen is among Manhattan's most storied and studied neighborhoods. A working-class district situated next to the West Side's middle- and upper-class residential districts, it has long attracted the focus of artists and urban planners, writers and reformers. Now, Joseph Varga takes us on a tour of Hell's Kitchen with an eye toward what we usually take for granted: space, and, particularly, how urban spaces are produced, controlled, and contested by different class and political forces. Varga examines events and locations in a crucial period in the formation of the Hell's Kitchen neighb
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Death in the Kitchen; CHAPTER 1: SPACE AS HISTORY; Hell's Kitchen; Uneven Geographic Development; The Production of Space; Implications; CHAPTER 2: RESTRUCTURING PROGRESSIVES; Progressive Vision and Visibility; Visibility and Occlusion; Representational Space and Performance; CHAPTER 3: WHEN HELL FROZE OVER; Policing the Boundaries; CHAPTER 4: HOUSING AND VISIBLE SPACES; Imagined Spatial Communities; Kitchen Space; CHAPTER 5: SPATIAL ECONOMIES; Working in the City; The Laboring Body; CHAPTER 6: HELL, DEATH, AND URBAN POLITICS
- The Restructured Spatial ContainerSelf-Perception and Citizenship; Conclusion: The Spatial Production of Desire; The Future of Cities; Bibliography; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781583673508
- 1583673504
- 9781583673515
- 1583673512
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