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New York: Art and Cultural Capital of the Gilded Age
Routledge Research in Art History
Genres:
The arts: general issues,
History of art / art & design styles,
History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900,
Museums & museology,
History of the Americas,
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900,
Archaeological theory,
Sociology,
Anthropology,
Economic history,
Architectural structure & design
Synopsis
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.
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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