The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910

The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910

<div>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.</div><div><br /></div><div>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. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>The Gilded Age in New York</i> captures what is was like to live in Gotham then, to be a daily witness to the city's rapid evolution. </div><div><ul><li>Newspapers, autobiographies, and personal diaries offer fascinating glimpses into daily life among the rich, the poor, and the surprisingly large middle class. </li><li>The use of photography and illustrated periodicals provides astonishing images that document the bigness of New York: the construction of the Statue of Liberty; the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge; the shimmering lights of Luna Park in Coney Island; the mansions of Millionaire's Row. </li><li>Sidebars detail smaller, fleeting moments: Alice Vanderbilt posing proudly in her "Electric Light" ball gown at a society-changing masquerade ball; immigrants stepping off the boat at Ellis Island; a young Theodore Roosevelt witnessing Abraham Lincoln's funeral.</li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div><i>The Gilded Age in New York</i> is a rare illustrated look at this amazing time in both the city and the country as a whole. Author Esther Crain, the go-to authority on the era, weaves first-hand accounts and fascinating details into a vivid tapestry of American society at the turn of the century. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Praise for <i>New-York Historical Society New York City in 3D In The Gilded Age,</i> also by Esther Crain: </div><div><br /></div><div><div>"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, <i>The New York Times</i></div><div><br /></div><div>"Get a glimpse of Edith Wharton's world." - <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> Must List</div><div><br /></div><div>"What better way to revisit this rich period . . ?" - <i>Library Journal</i></div></div><div> <div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>
Country USA
Brand BLACK DOG & LEVENTHAL PUBLISHERS
Manufacturer Black Dog & Leventhal
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-09-27
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Brand	BLACK DOG & LEVENTHAL PUBLISHERS
Manufacturer	Black Dog & Leventhal
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-09-27
Format	Kindle eBook

The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910

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