Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (The History of NYC Series)
Edwin G. Burrows
- ISBN-13
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1998
- Pages
- 1,416
- Format
- Hardcover, new
History of New York City by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace (Oxford University Press, 1998). It runs from the island of Manna-hata to the consolidation of Greater New York in 1898. Hardcover, 1416 pages.
About this book
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace is a narrative history that ranges from the Indian tribes that settled in and around the island of Manna-hata to the consolidation of the five boroughs into Greater New York in 1898. Oxford University Press published it in 1998 as a 1416-page hardcover.
The narrative covers New Amsterdam under the Dutch West India Company, the Revolutionary War and seven years of British occupation, New York as the nation’s first capital, the Erie Canal, the draft riots of the Civil War and the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. Among the people who appear are Boss Tweed, cartoonist Thomas Nast, Jacob Riis, Nellie Bly and police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt.
Product details
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| Published | 1998 |
| Author | Edwin G. Burrows |
| Format | Hardcover, 1,416 pages |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-511634-2 |
| ISBN-10 | 0195116348 |
| Size | 10 × 7.6 × 2.6 in · 4.4 lb |
| Condition | New |
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