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How New York Became American, 1890-1924 (Updated)

How New York Became American, 1890-1924 (Updated)

Blake, Art M.

Paperback

19th Century United States History20th Century United States HistoryRegional: Middle Atlantic

ISBN10: 1421439220
ISBN13: 9781421439228
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Published: Apr 1 2020
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Originally published in 2006. For many Americans at the turn of the twentieth century and into the 1920s, the city of New York conjured dark images of crime, poverty, and the desperation of crowded immigrants. In How New York Became American, 1890-1924, Art M. Blake explores how advertising professionals and savvy business leaders reinvented the city, creating a brand image of New York that capitalized on the trend toward pleasure travel. Blake examines the ways in which these early boosters built on the attention drawn to the city and its exotic populations to craft an image of New York City as America writ urban--a place where the arts flourished, diverse peoples lived together boisterously but peacefully, and where one could enjoy a visit.

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