{"product_id":"9780316353687","title":"The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910","description":"The drama, expansion, mansions and wealth of New York City's transformative Gilded Age era, from 1870 to 1910, captured in a magnificently illustrated hardcover.\u003cbr\u003eIn forty short years, New York City suddenly became a city of skyscrapers, subways, streetlights, and Central Park, as well as sprawling bridges that connected the once-distant boroughs. In Manhattan, more than a million poor immigrants crammed into tenements, while the half of the millionaires in the entire country lined Fifth Avenue with their opulent mansions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gilded Age in New York\u003c\/i\u003e captures what is was like to live in Gotham then, to be a daily witness to the city's rapid evolution. \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNewspapers, autobiographies, and personal diaries offer fascinating glimpses into daily life among the rich, the poor, and the surprisingly large middle class. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe use of photography and illustrated periodicals provides astonishing images that document the bigness of New York: the construction of the Statue of Liberty; the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge; the shimmering lights of Luna Park in Coney Island; the mansions of Millionaire's Row. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSidebars detail smaller, fleeting moments: Alice Vanderbilt posing proudly in her \"Electric Light\" ball gown at a society-changing masquerade ball; immigrants stepping off the boat at Ellis Island; a young Theodore Roosevelt witnessing Abraham Lincoln's funeral.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gilded Age in New York\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare illustrated look at this amazing time in both the city and the country as a whole. Author Esther Crain, the go-to authority on the era, weaves first-hand accounts and fascinating details into a vivid tapestry of American society at the turn of the century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eNew-York Historical Society New York City in 3D In The Gilded Age,\u003c\/i\u003e also by Esther Crain: \u003cbr\u003e\"Vividly captures the transformation from cityscape of horse carriages and gas lamps 'bursting with beauty, power and possibilities' as it staggered into a skyscraping Imperial City.\" -Sam Roberts, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Get a glimpse of Edith Wharton's world.\" - \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Must List\u003cbr\u003e\"What better way to revisit this rich period . . ?\" - \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Running Press Book Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120856449264,"sku":"9780316353687","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780316353687_p0.jpg?v=1763681034","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780316353687","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}