The Bronx
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-7319-9 (ISBN)
LLOYD ULTAN holds the appointed government position of Bronx Borough Historian. He is a professor of history at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and the author of over 1,000 articles about the Bronx and ten books including The Northern Borough: A History of the Bronx, and The Birth of the Bronx, 1609–1900. SHELLEY OLSON taught at the University of Houston, the University of North Carolina’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching, and Wake Forest before relocating to New York City, which inspired her to write this book.
List of MapsAcknowledgementsWhy Visit The Bronx?
Part I. Attractions
The New York Botanical GardenThe Bronx ZooYankee StadiumWave Hill and the Mansions of RiverdaleVan Cortlandt Park and the Van Cortlandt HouseThe Bronx County Building: The Art of DemocracyThe Edgar Allan Poe Cottage: Poverty and PoetryWoodlawn Cemetery: Beauty for EternityThe Valentine-Varian House: A Legacy of the RevolutionPelham Bay Park: The Riviera of New York CityThe Hall of Fame for Great AmericansThe Bronx Museum of the Arts
Part II. Walking Tours
City Island: New England in The BronxBelmont: New York’s Real Little ItalyThe Grand Concourse Historic District: Art Deco DelightsValentine to Poe: A Tour of Cultural DiscoveryIn the Footsteps of Edgar Allan PoeMarvelous Mott HavenMuseums in The BronxArt Galleries in The BronxProfessional Musical and Theatrical Performance VenuesTours and EventsWhere to Stay
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.2015 |
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Reihe/Serie | Rivergate Regionals Collection |
Zusatzinfo | 36 photos, 8 maps |
Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 399 g |
Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8135-7319-X / 081357319X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8135-7319-9 / 9780813573199 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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