The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910
$60.16
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
10 October 2016
Summary
Mark Twain coined the term the “Gilded Age” for this period of growth and extravagance, experienced most dramatically in New York City from the 1870s to 1910. More than half of America’s millionaires lived in the city. Previously unimaginable sums of money were made and spent, while poor immigrants toiled away in tenements. Author Esther Crain writes, “There was an incredible energy, a sense of greatness and destiny. Things were literally going up-skyscrapers, elevated train tracks, new neigh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316353663 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316353663 |
| Author: | Esther Crain |
| Publisher: | Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers |
| Imprint: | Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 10 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 2.18kg |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 150mm x 22mm |
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“Crain unspools the story of four decades in crisp prose studded with pictures.”– Entertainment Weekly
“Crain unspools the story of four decades in crisp prose studded with pictures.”–Entertainment Weekly “A beguiling, lavishly illustrated book that… epitomizes what Ms. Crain calls the city’s incredible energy and sense of its own greatness and destiny.”–Sam Roberts, The New York Times
About The Author
Esther Crain
Esther Crain is a writer and native New Yorker. In 2008 she launched Ephemeral New York, a website that chronicles the city’s past through photos, newspaper articles, art, and other artifacts. The site has been featured in The New York Times, The New York Post, The Daily News, and Time Out New York. The New-York Historical Society, one of America’s pre-eminent cultural institutions, is dedicated to fostering research, presenting history and art exhibitions, and offering public programs that reveal the dynamism of history and its influence on the world of today. Founded in 1804, the New-York Historical Society’s museum is the oldest in New York City.
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