American Moderns

Download or read book American Moderns written by Christine Stansell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early twentieth century, a brand of men and women moved to New York City. For them, the city's immigrant neighborhoods provided a place where the fancies and forms of a new America could be tested. This book tells the story of most famous of these neighborhoods, Greenwich Village, which became a symbol of social and intellectual freedom.