Peter Brooker has taught at the Universities of Greenwich, Massachusettes, Northampton, and Nottingham. He has written widely on contemporary writing and theory including, Modernisms/Postmodernisms (1992), A Glossary of Cultural Theory (1999, 2003), Modernity and Metropolis (2004) and Bohemia in London (2004, 2007). He joined the University of Sussex as a Professorial Fellow In April 2008.

"...engaging, well researched and carefully written account...Brooker has produced a sound and subtle study of the history and culture of a still important city."American Studies"Brooker's work is a genuinely useful intervention in a sometimes mystifying debate, and it should prove invaluable to anybody involved or interested in America, Cultural or Literary Studies."American Studies

• Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Companion Cities of the other side 2. City of Modernity 3. Fellow modernists in postmodern times 4. New York nowhere 5. Jazz records Conclusion: Alphabet city Index

Peter Brooker has taught at the Universities of Greenwich, Massachusettes, Northampton, and Nottingham. He has written widely on contemporary writing and theory including, Modernisms/Postmodernisms (1992), A Glossary of Cultural Theory (1999, 2003), Modernity and Metropolis (2004) and Bohemia in London (2004, 2007). He joined the University of Sussex as a Professorial Fellow In April 2008.

"...engaging, well researched and carefully written account...Brooker has produced a sound and subtle study of the history and culture of a still important city."American Studies"Brooker's work is a genuinely useful intervention in a sometimes mystifying debate, and it should prove invaluable to anybody involved or interested in America, Cultural or Literary Studies."American Studies

• Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Companion Cities of the other side 2. City of Modernity 3. Fellow modernists in postmodern times 4. New York nowhere 5. Jazz records Conclusion: Alphabet city Index