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020 9780813545165
020 0813545161
037 |bRutgers Univ Pr, C/O Longleaf Services Inc Po Box 8895,
Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 27515-8895|nSAN 203-3151
041 eng
082 00 974.7/103|222
092 0 973|bengelska
100 1 Bradley, Elizabeth L.,|d1973-
245 10 Knickerbocker :|bthe myth behind New York /|cElizabeth L.
Bradley
264 New Brunswick, N.J. :|bRivergate Books,|c©2009
300 xiii, 191 pages, [16] pages of plates :|billustrations ;
|c23 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-178) and
index
505 0 The picture of Knickerbocker -- Inheriting Knickerbocker -
- Fashioning a Knickerbocracy -- Knickerbocker in a new
century
520 How Diedrich Knickerbocker, a fictional man of stature,
flamboyance and Dutch lineage, shaped the city's identity.
The narrator of Washington Irving's A History of New York,
Knickerbocker has charmed readers since 1809 with his half
-fantastical urban history. The author maintains that the
proud Dutchman inspired New Yorkers to assert their own
idiosyncratic relationship to the city, and to its
history. Knickerbocker was appropriated: for political
gain during FDR's presidency, commercial reward for
countless businesses and sports promotion for teams like
the New York Knicks
520 8 Deep within New York's compelling, sprawling history lives
an odd, ornery Manhattan native named Diedrich
Knickerbocker. The name may be familiar today: his story
gave rise to generations of popular tributes--from a beer
brand to a basketball team and more--but Knickerbocker
himself has been forgotten. In fact, he was New York's
first truly homegrown chronicler, and as a descendant of
the Dutch settlers, he singlehandedly tried to reclaim the
city for the Dutch. Almost singlehandedly, that is.
Diedrich Knickerbocker was created in 1809 by a young
Washington Irving, who used the character to narrate his
classic satire, A History of New York. According to
Irving's partisan narrator, everything good and
distinctive, proud and powerful, about New York City--from
the doughnuts to the twisting streets of lower Manhattan--
could be traced back to New Amsterdam. Terrific general
interest, cultural history of a city with a rich and
lively literary past. First-ever book on the eponymous
myth that has informed New York City culture since the
early 1800s
600 10 Irving, Washington,|d1783-1859.|tHistory of New York
600 10 Irving, Washington,|d1783-1859|xCharacters|xDiedrich
Knickerbocker
600 10 Irving, Washington,|d1783-1859|xInfluence
600 17 Irving, Washington|d1783-1859|tA history of New York, from
the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty
|2gnd
600 17 Irving, Washington,|d1783-1859.|2fast
630 07 History of New York (Irving, Washington)|2fast
650 0 Group identity|zNew York (State)|zNew York
650 0 City and town life|zNew York (State)|zNew York
650 0 Dutch|zNew York (State)|zNew York|xHistory
650 7 City and town life.|2fast
650 7 Dutch.|2fast
650 7 Group identity.|2fast
650 7 Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)|2fast
650 7 Literature.|2fast
650 7 Manners and customs.|2fast
651 0 Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)|xSocial life and customs
651 0 New York (N.Y.)|xSocial life and customs
651 0 New York (N.Y.)|xIn literature
651 0 New York (N.Y.)|xHistory|vChronology
651 7 New York (State)|zNew York
651 7 New York (State)|zNew York|zManhattan
655 7 Chronologies.|2fast
655 7 History.|2fast
655 7 Historia|2saogf
776 08 |iOnline version:|aBradley, Elizabeth L., 1973-
|tKnickerbocker.|dNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rivergate Books,
©2009|w(OCoLC)653377773
856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/
enhancements/fy0915/2008035428-t.html
856 42 |3Contributor biographical information|uhttp://
catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0915/2008035428-
b.html
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/
enhancements/fy0915/2008035428-d.html
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