The Landscape of Modernity
Subtitle: Essays on New York City, 1900-1940
Contributors: Olivier Zunz (Editor)
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publications
Published: May 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780871549006
Subjects: Politics - Current Events; Sociology; New York (State); Urban Planning; Politics / Current Events; Regional planning; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; New York Metropolitan Area; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Urban communities; Central business districts; 20th century; City planning; History; New York
First sentence: With the amalgamation of the five boroughs in 1898 into a greater city, New York became the most populous city in the world after London.