{"product_id":"new-york-city-history-paperback","title":"New York City History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBob Swacker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York City History\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading not only for fans of regional history, but for readers who wish to understand the American experience through the heartbeat of one of our greatest cities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With a focus on the stories that built the city, historian Bob Swacker explores the growth and development of the metropolis from its Dutch and English colonial past, beginning in 1625, to today's modern Gotham. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 125 chapters the author weaves a narrative that presents the unique historical developments of New York City including: architecture, infrastructure, industry, consumer businesses, public spaces, pestilence, cemeteries, housing, religion, education, literature, immigration, and harbor and river activities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The book features six chapters focused on the Civil War covering a wide range of topics such as slave revolts, abolitionists and reformers, raising battalions, and the Draft Riot of 1863. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Immigration has been fundamental to the development of New York City and is a key topic, with discussions of the first European settlers on Governors Island, the Irish Potato Famine, orphanages and orphan trains, \u003ci\u003eKleindeutschland\u003c\/i\u003e, Abraham Cahan and the \u003ci\u003eJewish Daily Forward\u003c\/i\u003e, kosher and halal ritual slaughtering, Chinatown, and refugee settlement after the Second World War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Biographical chapters explore the lives of such memorable historical characters as: Peter Stuyvesant, Washington Irving, John Jacob Astor, Peter Cooper, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, P.T. Barnum, Archbishop John Hughes, Walt Whitman, Elizabeth Blackwell, Samuel Gompers, Dorothy Day, Paul Robeson, Robert Moses, Jane Jacobs, and Jackie Robinson. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York City History\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the boroughs, people, and events that founded and continue to influence this great American city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Swacker\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian who has taught at Saint Ann's Schools in Brooklyn since 1970. For many years he has taught courses on New York City at Saint Ann's and at New York University, and has given walking tours in all five boroughs. Dr. Swacker is the co-author, with Leslie Jenkins, of \u003ci\u003eIrish New York\u003c\/i\u003e (Rizzoli Publishing, 2006). He lives in Stuyvesant Town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 747\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.65 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53345645789491,"sku":"9781633310247","price":50.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dlVTRnpZb2NTTlpDSU9qTW8zblNVUT09.webp?v=1778752268","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/new-york-city-history-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}