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Before Central Park
Buch von Sara Cedar Miller
Sprache: Englisch

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This book is the authoritative account of the place that would become Central Park. From the first Dutch family to settle on the land through the political crusade to create America's first major urban park, Sara Cedar Miller chronicles two and a half centuries of history.
This book is the authoritative account of the place that would become Central Park. From the first Dutch family to settle on the land through the political crusade to create America's first major urban park, Sara Cedar Miller chronicles two and a half centuries of history.
Über den Autor
Sara Cedar Miller is the historian emerita of the Central Park Conservancy, which she first joined as a photographer in 1984. Her books include Central Park: An American Masterpiece (2003), Strawberry Fields: Central Park's Memorial to John Lennon (2011), and Seeing Central Park: The Official Guide (updated and expanded edition, 2020).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Topography
1. The First Settlers, 1625-1664
2. Along the Kingsbridge Road, 1683-1845
3. The Other Bensons, 1754-1846
4. The War at McGowan's Pass, 1776-1784
5. Valentine Nutter, 1760-1814
6. The War of 1812
Part II: Real Estate
7. Dividing Bloomingdale, 1667-1790s
8. Dividing Bloomingdale, 1790-1824
9. Dividing Bloomingdale, Seneca Village: The Residents, 1825-1857
10. Dividing Bloomingdale, Seneca Village: The Black Leaders, 1825-1857
11. Dividing Harlem, 1825-1843
12. Dividing Yorkville, 1785-1835
13. The Receiving Reservoir, 1835-1842
14. A Changing Land, 1845-1853
Part III: The Idea of a Park
15. The Battle of the Parks, 1844-1852
16. Becoming Central Park, 1853-1856
17. The First Commission, 1855-1857
18. Designing Central Park, 1857-1858
19. Extending the Park, 1859-1863
Epilogue
Afterword by Elizabeth W. Smith, President and CEO of the Central Park Conservancy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780231181945
ISBN-10: 0231181949
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Miller, Sara Cedar
Hersteller: Columbia University Press
Maße: 241 x 162 x 43 mm
Von/Mit: Sara Cedar Miller
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.06.2022
Gewicht: 1,544 kg
Artikel-ID: 120324858
Über den Autor
Sara Cedar Miller is the historian emerita of the Central Park Conservancy, which she first joined as a photographer in 1984. Her books include Central Park: An American Masterpiece (2003), Strawberry Fields: Central Park's Memorial to John Lennon (2011), and Seeing Central Park: The Official Guide (updated and expanded edition, 2020).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Topography
1. The First Settlers, 1625-1664
2. Along the Kingsbridge Road, 1683-1845
3. The Other Bensons, 1754-1846
4. The War at McGowan's Pass, 1776-1784
5. Valentine Nutter, 1760-1814
6. The War of 1812
Part II: Real Estate
7. Dividing Bloomingdale, 1667-1790s
8. Dividing Bloomingdale, 1790-1824
9. Dividing Bloomingdale, Seneca Village: The Residents, 1825-1857
10. Dividing Bloomingdale, Seneca Village: The Black Leaders, 1825-1857
11. Dividing Harlem, 1825-1843
12. Dividing Yorkville, 1785-1835
13. The Receiving Reservoir, 1835-1842
14. A Changing Land, 1845-1853
Part III: The Idea of a Park
15. The Battle of the Parks, 1844-1852
16. Becoming Central Park, 1853-1856
17. The First Commission, 1855-1857
18. Designing Central Park, 1857-1858
19. Extending the Park, 1859-1863
Epilogue
Afterword by Elizabeth W. Smith, President and CEO of the Central Park Conservancy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780231181945
ISBN-10: 0231181949
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Miller, Sara Cedar
Hersteller: Columbia University Press
Maße: 241 x 162 x 43 mm
Von/Mit: Sara Cedar Miller
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.06.2022
Gewicht: 1,544 kg
Artikel-ID: 120324858
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