Mirror For Gotham : : New York as Seen by Contemporaries from Dutch Days to the Present / / Bayrd Still.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• VerfasserIn: Still, Bayrd,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2023]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; PREFACE --; ILLUSTRATION --; EXCERPTS FROM CONTEMPORARY DESCRIPTIONS --; 1. WHEN NEW YORK WAS NEW AMSTERDAM --; 2. NEW YORK UNDER BRITISH RULE --; 3. RESISTANCE, REVOLUTION, AND RECONSTRUCTION (1765-1789) --; 4 . .NEW YORK I.N THE EARLY .NATIONAL PERIOD --; 5. AMID A FOREST OF MASTS (1815-1845) --; 6. A BUSTLING CITY ( 1845-1860) --; 7. NEW YORK IN THE SIXTIES --; 8. THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN CITY ( 1870-1900) --; 9. THE GOLDEN GENERATION (1900-1930) --; 10. THE MATURING METROPOLIS: WORLD CAPITAL --; NOTES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780823296095; 9783111189604; 9783110743296
• DOI: 10.1515/9780823296095
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bayrd Still.

A collection of some 600 excerpts from contemporary essays and letters, plus numerous b&w photos and reproductions, capturing a panoramic picture of the city from Dutch days to the 1950s. Pieces by authors such as James Fenimore Cooper, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain are organized chronologically, covering eras such as the early national period, the emergence of the modern city (1870-1900), and the golden generation (1900-1930). A new introduction by James F. Richardson brings the account up to date.