Bronx Accent : A Literary and Pictorial History of the Borough /

Show other versions (1)

While The Bronx is presently undergoing a renaissance, a mention of this borough often conjures up "Fort-Apache-the-Bronx" images of urban blight and crime. Yet for the last three hundred years, and through all its various social and economic transformations, The Bronx has always been a ma...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Unger, Barbara, 1932-, Ultan, Lloyd
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
American literature.
Litterature americaine > New York (État) > New York.
American literature > New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Bronx.
New York (State) > New York.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > History.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Pictorial works.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Literary collections.
Ouvrages illustres.
Illustrated works.
Literature.
Pictorial works.
Literary collections.
History.
illustrated books.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Genesis: The Colonial and Revolutionary Bronx, 1639-1800
  • Out of Town: The Suburban Bronx, 1800-1898
  • "Like Country": The Urbanization of The Bronx, 1898-1919
  • A Step Up: The Bronx in Boom Times, 1919-1929
  • A Step Left: The Bronx in the Great Depression, 1929-1940
  • The Bronx Home Front: The War Years, 1936-1950
  • The Perils of Prosperity: The Bronx in the Postwar Years, 1946-1961
  • The Urban Crisis: The Bronx in the Years of Change and Unrest, 1961-1980
  • Devastation: The Bronx Is Burning, 1965-1991
  • Coping: The Bronx Endures, 1961-1988
  • The Phoenix: The Bronx Rises from the Ashes, 1975-2000.

Similar Items