Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910 by Esther Crain (2016, Hardcover)
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Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910 by Esther Crain (2016, Hardcover)
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- 9780316353663
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Running Press
ISBN-10
0316353663
ISBN-13
9780316353663
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219876376
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Subjects & Themes / Historical, United States / 19th Century
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Photography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
62.1 Oz
Item Length
12.5 in
Item Width
9.6 in
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Trade
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Reviews
"Crain unspools the story of four decades in crisp prose studded with pictures."-- Entertainment Weekly
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
974.71041
Synopsis
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 neighbourhoods and parks. Accompanying all of that was an equal amount of greed and lust. Crime, vice, political scandals-the Gilded Age produced an abundance of depravity." THE GILDED AGE IN NEW YORK CITY covers daily life for the rich, poor, and the burgeoning middle class; the influx of immigrants which caused the city's population to quadruple in 40 years; how new-found leisure time was spent in places such as Coney Island and Central Park; crimes that shocked the city and altered the police force; the rise of social services; and the city's physical growth both skyward and outward toward the five boroughs. Through words and amazing, rarely seen images, Crain captures between covers the metamorphic story of city at the centre of the world., An expansive exploration of The Gilded Age in New York City, from of the extravagant lifestyles and magnificent mansions of the ultra-rich to the daily doings of the wretchedly poor who lived in the shadows of their newly constructed skyscrapers. Written by the curator of Ephemeral New York and illustrated with hundreds of rarely-seen images. 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. In forty short years, the 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 City covers daily life for the rich, poor, and the burgeoning middle class; the colorful and energetic entrepreneurs known as both "captains of industry" and "robber barons" including John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Leland Stanford, and J.P. Morgan; the opulence and excess of the new wealthy class; the influx of immigrants which caused the city's population to quadruple in 40 years; how new-found leisure time was spent in places such as Coney Island and Central Park; crimes that shocked the city and altered the police force; the rise of social services; and the city's physical growth both skyward and outward toward the five boroughs. With more than 300 illustrations and photographs (including images colorized specifically for this book) combined with firsthand accounts and fascinating details, The Gilded Age in New York presents a vivid tapestry of American society at the turn of the century.
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Great summary of the Gilded Age
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- 7***_ (1368)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseIt took a while to find a copy of this book in the condition I wanted at the price I was happy with. I got this one from the USA n the end. As described. Friendly and helpful comms. Quick dispatch and well packed. Highly recommended seller. A++++++Lord of Chaos : Book Six of the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (1994 1st Ed) (#126693401592)