City Reading
Download or Read eBook City Reading PDF written by David M. Henkin and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : David M. Henkin |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0231107447 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780231107440 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis City Reading by : David M. Henkin
Book excerpt: Henkin explores the influential but little-noticed role reading played in New York City's public life between 1825 and 1865. The "ubiquitous urban texts"--from newspapers to paper money, from street signs to handbills--became both indispensable urban guides and apt symbols for a new kind of public life that emerged first in New York.
