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008 011009s2002 pauab bi 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aHT168.N5$bS35 2002
049 $aXIMM
100 1 $aScobey, David M.,$d1954-
245 10 $aEmpire city :$bthe making and meaning of the New York City landscape /$cDavid M. Scobey.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bTemple University Press,$c2002.
300 $axi, 340 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
440 0 $aCritical perspectives on the past
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-330) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : can a city be planned? -- Metropolis and nation -- The midcentury boom -- The rule of real estate -- The frictions of space -- Imagining the imperial metropolis -- The politics of city building -- Uptown utopia -- The failure of Bourgeois urbanism.
650 0 $aCity planning$zNew York (State)$zNew York.
651 0 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xHistory$y19th century.
994 $aC0$bXIM