
New York: Art and Cultural Capital of the Gilded Age - Routledge Research in Art History (Hardback)
Margaret R. Laster (editor), Chelsea Bruner (editor)- We can order this
Fueled by a flourishing capitalist economy, undergirded by advancements in architectural design and urban infrastructure, and patronized by growing bourgeois and elite classes, New York's built environment was dramatically transformed in the 1870s and 1880s. This book argues that this constituted the formative period of New York's modernization and cosmopolitanism-the product of a vital self-consciousness and a deliberate intent on the part of its elite citizenry to create a world-class cultural metropolis reflecting the city's economic and political preeminence. The interdisciplinary essays in this book examine New York's late nineteenth-century evolution not simply as a question of its physical layout but also in terms of its radically new social composition, comprising the individuals, institutions, and organizations that played determining roles in the city's cultural ascendancy.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN: 9781138493629
Number of pages: 248
Weight: 680 g
Dimensions: 246 x 174 mm
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"Those of us who teach should ask our university librarians to purchase the ebook in addition to the hardcover, so that individual essays can be downloaded, paired, and assigned to students in our undergraduate classes. All are well written and eminently readable by students and scholars alike."
--Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide
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