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The Creative Destruction of Manhattan, 1900-1940 (Historical Studies of Urban America)
The Creative Destruction of Manhattan 19001940 - Historical Studies of Urban America
Author: Max Page
"It'll be a great place if they ever finish it," O. Henry wrote about New York City. This laconic remark captures the relentlessly transitory character of New York, and it points toward Max Page's synthetic perspective. Against the prevailing motif of a naturally expanding metropolis, Page argues that the early-twentieth-century city was dominat...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226644684
ISBN-10: 0226644685
Publication Date: 2/15/2000
Pages: 317
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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