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020    9780316353663|q(hardcover) 
020    0316353663|q(hardcover) 
020    |z9780316353687|q(ebook) 
041    eng 
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092 0  973|bengelska 
100 1  Crain, Esther,|eauthor 
245 14 The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910 /|cEsther Crain 
250    First edition 
264  1 New York, NY :|bBlack Dog & Leventhal Publishers,|c2016 
300    304 pages :|billustrations (some color) ;|c32 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index 
505 0  The dawning of the Gilded Age -- The moneymaking city -- 
       The rise of the new rich -- A city of newcomers -- The 
       poor and the rise of social welfare -- The city at play 
       and at rest -- Crime and sin in the city -- The new woman 
       takes New York -- New York's outer boroughs -- The modern 
       metropolis comes together 
520    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.-Newspapers, 
       autobiographies, and personal diaries offer fascinating 
       glimpses into daily life among the rich, the poor, and the
       surprisingly large middle class.-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.-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. The Gilded Age in New York 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. Praise for New-York 
       Historical Society New York City in 3D In The Gilded Age, 
       also by Esther Crain: "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 
648  7 1865-1951|2fast 
650  1 Poor|zNew York (State)|zNew York 
650  7 Historia|2saogf 
650  7 History|2fast 
650  7 Illustrated works|2fast 
650  7 Illustrated works|2lcgft 
651  0 New York (NY)|xHistory|y1865-1898 
651  0 New York (NY)|xHistory|y1898-1951 
651  7 New York (State)|zNew York 
655  4 Nonfiction 
907 00 180725