New York, Culture Capital of the World, 1940-1965
- ISBN-10
- 0847809900
- ISBN-13
- 9780847809905
- Category
- History / Social History
- Pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Random House Incorporated
- Author
- Dore Ashton
Description
Essays discuss literature, architecture, the visual arts, dance, theater, music, and intellectual life in postwar New York City
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