TY  - BOOK
AU  - Henkin,David M.
TI  - City reading: written words and public spaces in antebellum New York 
T2  - Popular cultures, everyday lives
SN  - 0231107447
AV  - F128.44 .H46 1998
U1  - 974.7103 21
PY  - 1998///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - City and town life
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Written communication
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - Public spaces
KW  - New York (N.Y.)
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-229) and index; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; 1; Introduction: Public Reading, Public Space --; 2; Brick, Paper, and the Spectacle of Urban Growth: The Rise of a New Metropolis --; 3; Commercial Impudence and the Dictatorship of the Perpendicular: Signs of the City --; 4; Word on the Streets: Bills, Boards, and Banners --; 5; Print in Public, Public in Print: The Rise of the Daily Paper --; 6; Promiscuous Circulation: The Case of Paper Money --; 7; Epilogue: Words of War --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Illustration Credits --; Index
ER  -