The Memorial History of the City of New-York
Author : James Grant Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 22,83 MB
Release : 1892
Category : America
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Author : James Grant Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 22,83 MB
Release : 1892
Category : America
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Author : James Grant Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 22,76 MB
Release : 1892
Category : America
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A directory of New York City for 1665, vol. 1, p. 338-340.
Author : James Grant Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 43,42 MB
Release : 1893
Category : America
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A directory of New York City for 1665, vol. 1, p. 338-340.
Author : Sam Roberts
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 44,56 MB
Release : 2014-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1476728801
“Delightfully surprising….A portable virtual museum…an entertaining stroll through the history of one of the world’s great cities” (Kirkus Reviews), told through 101 distinctive objects that span the history of New York, almost all reproduced in luscious, full color. Inspired by A History of the World in 100 Objects, Sam Roberts of The New York Times chose fifty objects that embody the narrative of New York for a feature article in the paper. Many more suggestions came from readers, and so Roberts has expanded the list to 101. Here are just a few of what this keepsake volume offers: -The Flushing Remonstrance, a 1657 petition for religious freedom that was a precursor to the First Amendment to the Constitution. -Beads from the African Burial Ground, 1700s. Slavery was legal in New York until 1827, although many free blacks lived in the city. The African Burial Ground closed in 1792 and was only recently rediscovered. -The bagel, early 1900s. The quintessential and undisputed New York food (excepting perhaps the pizza). -The Automat vending machine, 1912. Put a nickel in the slot and get a cup of coffee or a piece of pie. It was the early twentieth century version of fast food. -The “I Love NY” logo designed by Milton Glaser in 1977 for a campaign to increase tourism. Along with Saul Steinberg’s famous New Yorker cover depicting a New Yorker’s view of the world, it was perhaps the most famous and most frequently reproduced graphic symbol of the time. Unique, sometimes whimsical, always important, A History of New York in 101 Objects is a beautiful chronicle of the remarkable history of the Big Apple. “The story [Sam Roberts] is telling is that of New York, and he nails it” (Daily News, New York).
Author : Robert Clarkson Brooks
Publisher :
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 20,65 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Cities and towns
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Author : Indianapolis Public Library
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Biography
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Author : Rosemarie K. Bank
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,31 MB
Release : 1997-01-28
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521563871
A study of pre-Civil War American theatre.
Author : American Historical Association
Publisher :
Page : 1328 pages
File Size : 18,93 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic journals
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Author : Thomas H. Cox
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 20,33 MB
Release : 2009-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 082144333X
Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerce. Decided in 1824, Gibbons v. Ogden arose out of litigation between owners of rival steamboat lines over passenger and freight routes between the neighboring states of New York and New Jersey. But what began as a local dispute over the right to ferry the paying public from the New Jersey shore to New York City soon found its way into John Marshall’s court and constitutional history. The case is consistently ranked as one of the twenty most significant Supreme Court decisions and is still taught in constitutional law courses, cited in state and federal cases, and quoted in articles on constitutional, business, and technological history. Gibbons v. Ogden initially attracted enormous public attention because it involved the development of a new and sensational form of technology. To early Americans, steamboats were floating symbols of progress—cheaper and quicker transportation that could bring goods to market and refinement to the backcountry. A product of the rough-and-tumble world of nascent capitalism and legal innovation, the case became a landmark decision that established the supremacy of federal regulation of interstate trade, curtailed states’ rights, and promoted a national market economy. The case has been invoked by prohibitionists, New Dealers, civil rights activists, and social conservatives alike in debates over federal regulation of issues ranging from labor standards to gun control. This lively study fills in the social and political context in which the case was decided—the colorful and fascinating personalities, the entrepreneurial spirit of the early republic, and the technological breakthroughs that brought modernity to the masses.
Author : Moses Rischin
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 32,23 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780674715011
Rischin paints a vivid picture of Jewish life in New York at the turn of the century. Here are the old neighborhoods and crowded tenements, the Rester Street markets, the sweatshops, the birth of Yiddish theatre in America, and the founding of important Jewish newspapers and labor movements. The book describes, too, the city's response to this great influx of immigrants--a response that marked the beginning of a new concept of social responsibility.