Underground movements : modern culture on the New York City subway /

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For more than a century, the New York City subway system has been a vital part of the city’s identity, even as judgments of its value have varied. It has been celebrated as the technological embodiment of the American melting pot and reviled as a blighted urban netherworld. This book explores the ma...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Stalter-Pace, Sunny, 1977-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2013.
Collection:Science/technology/culture.
Sujets:
1900-1999
Popular culture > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Subways > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Subways > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Culture populaire > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Métros > Aspect social > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Métros > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Popular culture
Subways
Subways > Social aspects
New York (State) > New York
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Forming the subway habit
  • How the subway became sublime
  • Minding the gaps in modernist poetry
  • Underground assimilation in ethnic drama
  • Uncanny migration narratives
  • Conclusion : the private subway in the postmodern city.

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