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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : New York (N.Y.)
ISBN : COLUMBIA:AR01406019
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : American wit and humor
ISBN : UOM:39015049004248
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015059743404
Author : Kenneth T. Jackson,David S. Dunbar
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0231109083
This major anthology brings together the best literary writing about New York--from O. Henry, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Steinbeck to Paul Auster and James Baldwin.
Author : Lucy Sante
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781466895638
The classic social history of corruption and vice in nineteenth-century NYC: “A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed, like the streets of New York themselves” (John Vernon, Los Angeles Times Book Review). Lucy Sante’s Low Life is a portrait of America’s greatest city, the riotous and anarchic breeding ground of modernity. This is not the familiar saga of mansions, avenues, and robber barons, but the messy, turbulent, often murderous story of the city’s slums; the teeming streets—scene of innumerable cons and crimes whose cramped and overcrowded housing is still a prominent feature of the cityscape. Low Life voyages through Manhattan from four different directions. Part One examines the actual topography of Manhattan from 1840 to 1919; Part Two, the era’s opportunities for vice and entertainment—theaters and saloons, opium and cocaine dens, gambling and prostitution; Part Three investigates the forces of law and order which did and didn’t work to contain the illegalities; Part Four counterposes the city’s tides of revolt and idealism against the city as it actually was. Low Life is one of the most provocative books about urban life ever written—an evocation of the mythology of the quintessential modern metropolis, which has much to say not only about New York’s past but about the present and future of all cities.
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art, American
ISBN : 9780870999574
Presented in conjunction with the September 2000 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, this volume presents the complex story of the proliferation of the arts in New York and the evolution of an increasingly discerning audience for those arts during the antebellum period. Thirteen essays by noted specialists bring new research and insights to bear on a broad range of subjects that offer both historical and cultural contexts and explore the city's development as a nexus for the marketing and display of art, as well as private collecting; landscape painting viewed against the background of tourism; new departures in sculpture, architecture, and printmaking; the birth of photography; New York as a fashion center; shopping for home decorations; changing styles in furniture; and the evolution of the ceramics, glass, and silver industries. The 300-plus works in the exhibition and comparative material are extensively illustrated in color and bandw. Oversize: 9.25x12.25". Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Lloyd Morris
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1996-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0815603347
This is the entertaining story of New York City's social life and customs over the period 1850 to 1950.
Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1264 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015078262410
Author : Gilad James, PhD
Publisher : Gilad James Mystery School
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785189957154
Author : Library of Congress,American Library Association. Committee on Resources of American Libraries. National Union Catalog Subcommittee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Catalogs, Union
ISBN : UOM:39015082986244
Author : Claudia Durst Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-07-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313061677
Gang culture is one of the most volatile issues to have impacted young people throughout history and around the world. By focusing on the fictional representation of youth gangs, this work presents a unique perspective on an all-too-real phenomenon and its many manifestations. Organized chronologically and topically, the volume begins with a powerful essay tracing the origins and developments of youth gangs, from the early days of the Wild West to immigration gangs in 19th- and 20th-century America and the Twenty chapters, each introduced with a primary document, fully explore the different types of gangs, identifying their time, place, struggles, and demographic character. Included are the early gangs of New York City, prison gangs, Asian gangs, school gangs, African American gangs, and girl gangs. Each chapter analyzes one or more works of fiction in terms of its thematic message and the light it sheds on the nature of the depicted gang situation. The examined fiction will be of special interest to students and educators, and includes works often found on assigned reading lists, such as The Chocolate War, The Outsiders, and Lord of the Flies. Popular works, such as Gangs of New York, provide an historical perspective on early immigrant gangs, while presenting timeless themes of identity struggles that resonate for young people everywhere. In addition to the literary works and primary documents, suggestions for additional titles and sources for further information on the topics are offered.
Author : Laura Wood Roper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112013385148
Author : Selma C. Berrol
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781567507102
There has always been a symbiotic relationship between New York City and the people who have settled there. This study traces the major developments on Manhattan Island, which began as a base for privateering, as it evolved into one of the world's great cities. At the same time, the author also describes the background, the adjustments that had to be made to the New World, and the contributions of the millions who chose to settle there. There are six chronological chapters, each discussing the groups who came in the years as covered by that chapter, the city as it was when they arrived, what they added to the city, and how life in New York enabled most to improve their lives. The Irish laborers who came in the middle of the 19th century, for example, contributed enormously to the building of a clean water system. The wages earned from this work allowed them to feed, house and clothe their families while enabling the city to avoid the frequent cholera epidemics that had devastated the city in earlier years.
Author : Chad Bryant,Arthur Burns,Paul Readman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137484987
Few historians have written about walking, despite its obvious centrality to the human condition. Focusing on the period 1800-1914, this book examines the practices and meanings of walking in the context of transformative modernity. It boldly suggests that once historians place walking at the heart of their analyses, exciting new perspectives on themes central to the ‘long nineteenth century’ emerge. Walking Histories, 1800-1914 adopts a global perspective, including contributions from specialists in the history and culture of Great Britain, North America, Australia, Russia, East-Central Europe, and South Asia. Critically engaging with recent research, the contributions within offer fresh insights for academic experts, while remaining accessible to student readers. This book will be essential reading for those interested in movement, travel, leisure, urban history, and environmental history.
Author : Donald D. Kummings
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405195515
Comprising more than 30 substantial essays written by leading scholars, this companion constitutes an exceptionally broad-ranging and in-depth guide to one of America’s greatest poets. Makes the best and most up-to-date thinking on Whitman available to students Designed to make readers more aware of the social and cultural contexts of Whitman’s work, and of the experimental nature of his writing Includes contributions devoted to specific poetry and prose works, a compact biography of the poet, and a bibliography