Screen LibraryBrooklyn s Renaissance : Commerce, Culture, and Community in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World /
This book shows how modern Brooklyn s proud urban identity as an arts-friendly community originated in the mid nineteenth century. Before and after the Civil War, Brooklyn s elite, many engaged in Atlantic trade, established more than a dozen cultural societies, including the Philharmonic Society, A...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50176-5 |
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This book shows how modern Brooklyn s proud urban identity as an arts-friendly community originated in the mid nineteenth century. Before and after the Civil War, Brooklyn s elite, many engaged in Atlantic trade, established more than a dozen cultural societies, including the Philharmonic Society, Academy of Music, and Art Association. The associative ethos behind Brooklyn s fine arts flowering built upon commercial networks that joined commerce, culture, and community. This innovative, carefully researched and documented history employs the concept of parallel Renaissances. It shows influen |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XVI, 458 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319501765 |
| Index Number: | E171 |
| CLC: | K712.0 |
| Contents: | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Parallel Renaissances in the Atlantic World -- Chapter 3: Black Ball Business and Commercial Networks -- Chapter 4: First Steps Towards Brooklyn s Renaissance -- Chapter 5: Symphony of the Arts -- Chapter 6: Sociability, Civil War and a Diverted Renaissance -- Chapter 7: Culture of War Relief -- Chapter 8: Brooklyn s Changing Complexion -- Chapter 9: Impact on the Arts -- Chapter 10: A Fading Renaissance -- Appendix: Brooklyn s Principal Patrons. |