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Catholics in New York: Society, Culture, and Politics, 1808-1946
Contributor(s): Golway, Terry (Editor)
ISBN: 0823229041     ISBN-13: 9780823229048
Publisher: Fordham University Press
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Product Type: Hardcover
Published: June 2008
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Annotation: This lavishly illustrated book chronicles the history, growth, and extraordinary legacy of New York's largest denomination.


Copublished with the Museum of the City of New York as a companion to its exhibit opening in April, 2006, Heart of the City brings together rare images and original essays to explore the key dimensions of the Catholic experience in New York.


Here is a fascinating pictorial record of Catholic struggles and triumphs, and thirteen insightful essays that trace the story if Catholic New York- from people and parishes and traditions to the schools, hospitals, and other institutions that shaped the metropolis.


From the emblematic account story one Manhattan parish's life across generations of neighborhood change to fresh perspectives on extraordinary impact of Catholic institutional life on the making of the city, the essays range widely. There's a personal reflections by Pete Hamill on growing up Catholic as well as revealing explorations of the Catholic presence in all corners of New York's social, political, cultural, and educational worlds. Catholic leaders such as Dorothy Day, Al Smith, and Mother Cabrini come to life in other essays, and there's a look at Catholic New York facing new realities of race, ethnic change, and suburbanization after World War II.


Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Archdiocese of New York, Heart of the City tells not just the story of the city's largest community of faith, but offers a new telling of what is for all of us a classic New York story.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa)
- Religion | Christianity - History
- History | Social History
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 8.48" W x 10.31" (2.36 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Catholic
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
- Locality - New York, N.Y.
- Geographic Orientation - New York
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
 
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This lavishly illustrated book chronicles the history, growth, and extraordinary legacy of New York's largest Christian denomination.Co-published with the Museum of the City of New York as a companion to its exhibition on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Archdiocese of New York, this book brings together rare images and original essays to explore the key dimensions of the Catholic experience in New York.Here is a fascinating pictorial record of Catholic struggles and triumphs, and thirteen insightful essays that trace the story of Catholic New York-from people, parishes, and traditions to the schools, hospitals, and other institutions that helped shape the metropolis. The struggles of generations of immigrants and their descendents against prejudice bear fruit in the remarkable ascendance of Catholics in the city's politics.From the emblematic account of one Manhattan parish's life across generations of neighborhood change to fresh perspectives on the extraordinary impact of Catholic institutional life on the making of the city, the essays range widely. There's a personal refl ection by Pete Hamill on growing up Catholic as well as revealing explorations of the Catholic presence in all corners of New York's social, political, cultural, and educational worlds. Catholic leaders such as Dorothy Day, Al Smith, and Mother Cabrini come to life in other essays. An afterword offers a look at Catholic New York facing new realities of race, ethnic change, and suburbanization after World War II.Blending memorable images with insightful commentary, Catholics in New York tells not just the story of the city's largest community of faith, but offers a new telling of what is for everyone a classic New York story.

Contributor Bio(s): Golway, Terry: - Terry Golway is the author of seven books, including The Irish in America; and Full of Grace, a biography of New York's late Cardinal John O'Connor. A former member of The New York Times editorial board, Golway directs the John Kean Center for American History at Kean University.