The Landscape of Modernity
Subtitle: New York City, 1900-1940
Contributors: David Ward (Editor); Oliver Zunz (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: March 27, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780801856099
Subjects: City & town planning - architectural aspects; Social history; First World War, 1914-1918; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; c 1900 - c 1914; New York; Urban Planning; Regional planning; Political Science; Architecture; USA; New York (State); Planning; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / General; New York City; Public Policy - Regional Planning; 20th century; Central business districts; City planning; History; New York Metropolitan Area
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.