1880 book set in new york

Heres a good starter kit of 25 nyc historical novels from genuine classics to current genre releases that use the past as both an engine and a decoration. Heres 25 essential historical novels set in new york city. With resentment toward europeans at an alltime high, chinese triads reach their peak numbering over 3,600 although many of the groups are limited to local villages or clans. Great houses of new york, 18801930 urban domestic architecture michael c. A half century of investment prepared new york for the civil war and postcivil war boom. Nongenre novels and short stories written after the 1800s, but set at least partially in the 1800s. David fishman new york 1880 turns back to the gilded age from 1865 to 1890 the explosive period of growth between the civil war and the onset of american internationalism. Census mortality schedules, 18501880 this database contains individuals in the u.

It doesn t get much better than this two volume set for those of us who are fascinated by. New york public library digitizes 7 years of new york. Martin, an early booster of the west side, stated in an 1865 pamphlet titled the growth of new york. Well known to book collectors and booklovers, our site is an excellent resource for discovering a rough value of an old book. Elizabeth gilbert tells a unique love story set in the new york city theater world during the 1940s. May 28, 1903 tour along the new electric tram in lytham, england with added sound duration. It is too bad it is not better literature, but it is difficult to imagine a better reference work in urban architectural history. Sparked by the increasing shortage of adequate housing for new yorks poor immigrants, the magazine, the plumber and sanitary engineer sponsored a design competition in 1879. Top 10 childrens books set in new york city the guardian.

Inside the squalid tenements of 1890s new york city. Taylors plantation melodies, book of negro folk songs becomes the first collection of spiritual, put together by an african american. Hannah arendt would have eviscerated the title of the origins of totalitarianism had she not been the book s author. Census mortality schedules in new york from 18501880. The best new york city novels by neighborhood by nancy aravecz, jefferson market libraryaugust, 2015. The whole collection will be going online over the coming months. Lc copy formerly catalogued as book in premarc database under classification qe141. New york stands in relation with the whole country as its commercial and financial capital.

Great houses of new york, 1880 1930 presents the stories of 43 most elegant houses built in new york. New york, state censuses, 1880, 1892, 1905 ancestry. Explore audibles collection of free sleep and relaxation audio experiences. To make the list, the book had to be written in the past 100 hundred years and reflect on an era of new york city 2030 years before the book s publication. Explore free books, like the victory garden, and more browse now. Greetings from new york andreas adams vast collection of rare postcards that depict new york city is the subject a new book, new york in postcards 18801980. New affluence, new technologies, and new fashion all came together in the decades between 1880 and 1920 to influence the demands of hotel guests, eventually changing the hotel themselves. Historical fiction set in new york city has never been more popular than it is today. Andrew godley, jewish immigrant entrepreneurship in new york and london, 18801914. To get a sense of whats essential reading for the new york history neophyte, we asked 11 historians and authors to tell us their favorite books of. New york in the spring of 1880 is a place alive with wonder and curiosity. Available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image.

Perhaps thats why so many period new york films are set in an earlier time from about 1880 to 1920. The 25 best books about new york city history brick underground. In new york state censuses were taken every ten years from 18251875, in 1892, and then again from 19051925. Historical fiction novels set in new york city are more popular today than ever before. New york public library is digitizing its collection of new york city directories, 1786 through 19223, serving them free through the nypl digital collections portal.

From classics like catcher in the rye to historical fiction like the alienist to contemporary novels like bodega dreams which books exploit new york best. Census mortality schedules, 18501880 this database contains an index to individuals enumerated in the u. Reading railroad wanted to promote americas newest pastime the summer vacation. Sara donatis spellbinding novel the gilded hour tells the intertwined stories of two young women, both physicians, in the years of the 1880s.

Like many of his works, the novel is set in puritan new england and. Not all information that is recorded on the actual census is included in the index. This book gives a glimpse into the hotels of the super rich, the notsorich, the middle class, the bohemians, and the workers. Architecture and urbanism in the gilded age stern, robert a. This link leads to the beginning of a section in the 1880 u. Censuses mortality schedules in new york from 18501880. My list below reflects both old classics and newer releases.

Three of its most remarkable features are its amazing landmarks and cultural institutions, the diversity of its. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. My list below reflects both old classics and newer releases, literary fiction and genre. The records begin june 1 of the previous year and run to june 1 of the year of the record.

Childrens illustrations, from 1880 to 1940 the new. Jewish immigrant entrepreneurship in new york and london. Fiction set in turnofthecentury new york city 61 books. This database is an index to, with corresponding images of, parts of the 1880, 1892, and 1905 censuses. During this period in new york city, local politics was a rough profession. Although he continued to live blissfully with alice, he desired something more and, against the wishes of his family and friends, entered politics. This article provides an incomplete list of fiction books set in new york city. About new york, state censuses, 1880, 1892, 1905 in new york state censuses were taken every ten years from 18251875, in 1892, and then again from 19051925. He enrolled at columbia law school in 1880, but within two years became disillusioned with the drudgery of the work. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret but mostly pleasure, city of girls explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. Rosenwald collection, rare book and special collections division, library of congress 019. Census for transportation, where steamboat statistics are given by u. The dual objective was to create more housing and maximize landlord profitsboth of which were constrained by the manhattan lot size of 25 by 100 feet. New york 1880 captures the complexity of architecture as design response.

A hazard of new fortunes william dean howells 1889. The three previous books in the series, new york 1900, new york 1930, and. Currently this database includes the following counties. Rare set of 3 dickens works universe edition books by charles. Determined to learn the truth about the world, its residents enthusiastically engage in both scientific experimentation and spiritualist pursuits. With over 300 archival photographs and floor plans and a decade of research, michael kathrens profiles new york houses known only for their magisterial presence on the city s most elegant boulevards, some of which still exist today. Akron akron south east part, newstead alden amherst, getzville, eggertsville angola, pontiac aurora bagdad, collins center, sardinia, protection town. Some twelve million individuals many of irish, italian, or jewish descent came through the golden door of ellis island over those decades. The best new york city novels by neighborhood the new. Other readers should have given the book mostly 3 stars and above.

Top 10 childrens books set in new york city new york city is the perfect place to write in and write about. Early cantonese criminals, who will eventually form the first of the new york tongs, soon began arriving in the city after the success of the cantonese gambler wah kee, who had been. Nonpopulation schedules contained in this database include agriculture, industrymanufacturers, social statistics, and supplemental schedules in general, data recorded on the nonpopulation schedules covered one year exactly beginning and ending on june 1. Map, available online, 1880 to 1889, new york city, new. What book do you think these elegant 19th century ladies are. This is a large selection of childrens book illustrations done from 1880 to 1940 the golden age of a genre that was initially dominated by british artists but. The first batch184950 through 1923have already been scanned, and the 178618489 directories are right now being scanned. The idea to visit some place, near or remote, the variety of objects, novel and beautiful, pleases the vision, instructs and gratifies the mind. Charles dickens works 1880s copperfield first edition illustrated antique. Here is some fiction set in new york city between the postcivil war gaslight era and the jazz age of the 1920s.