The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910 Contributor(s): Crain, Esther (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316353663 ISBN-13: 9780316353663 Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers OUR PRICE: $34.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - 20th Century |
Dewey: 974.710 |
LCCN: 2016023144 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 9.3" W x 12" (3.75 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The drama, expansion, mansions and wealth of New York City's transformative Gilded Age era, from 1870 to 1910, captured in a magnificently illustrated hardcover. In forty short years, New York City suddenly became a city of skyscrapers, subways, streetlights, and Central Park, as well as sprawling bridges that connected the once-distant boroughs. In Manhattan, more than a million poor immigrants crammed into tenements, while the half of the millionaires in the entire country lined Fifth Avenue with their opulent mansions. The Gilded Age in New York captures what is was like to live in Gotham then, to be a daily witness to the city's rapid evolution.
"Vividly captures the transformation from cityscape of horse carriages and gas lamps 'bursting with beauty, power and possibilities' as it staggered into a skyscraping Imperial City." -- Sam Roberts, The New York Times "Get a glimpse of Edith Wharton's world." -- Entertainment Weekly Must List "What better way to revisit this rich period . . ?" -- Library Journal |