New York
Subtitle: a pictorial history
By: Marshall B. Davidson.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: New York (State) -- History -- Pictorial works.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 313-314.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Early exploration of New York -- Aborigines -- Dutch New York -- Dutch cities in the wilderness -- Dutch domesticity -- In the Dutch fashion -- Homes on the land -- New World Dutchmen -- English takeover -- New York under English rule -- Freedom of the press -- Borderland Indians -- French and Indian War -- England triumphant -- Along city streets -- Advertising -- Living in style -- Educating the gentry -- On the eve of war -- Preparation for a siege -- Battle for Manhattan -- Hudson Valley corridor -- Battle of Saratoga -- Arnold and André -- Frontier warfare -- Ratifying the Constitution -- Capital of the nation -- Return to the sea -- Capital cities -- Urban developments -- Duncan Phyfe’s New York -- Federal style -- Scientific spirit -- Looking westward -- War of 1812 -- West Point -- Erie Canal -- Erie Canal cities -- Port of New York -- Steamboats on the Hudson -- Hudson River School -- Mount’s Long Island -- Literary New York -- Style of life -- Metropolitan merchandising -- Tenements and shanties -- Urban traffic -- Water for the city -- Gaslight -- Early railroads -- Steamboats’ heyday -- Farming the land -- Rent riots -- Publishing -- Correspondents -- Schools for the young -- Higher education -- Entertainment --outdoor and indoor sports -- Away for vacation -- Boom and bust -- Newcomers to the state -- Coming of the green -- Religion and reform -- Religious currents -- Sing Sing -- Crystal Palace -- Upstate cities at midcentury -- Syracuse and Utica -- Civil War -- Home front -- Draft riots -- Commerce, industry, and war -- Postwar corruption -- Industry upstate -- Industrial growth -- Sewing machine -- Burden Iron Works -- Rural living -- Rural economy -- In the small towns -- Batavia -- Troy -- Buffalo -- State capitol -- Faces on the wall -- Westchester -- Elevated railroads -- Brooklyn Bridge -- Croton Reservoir -- Central Park -- Cultural institutions -- Statue of Liberty -- New York mansions -- Slums -- Huddled masses -- Better living -- Eating out in New York -- Merchandising -- The garment industry -- Recreation -- The sporting scene -- Women in sports -- Vassar and Cornell -- The Chautauqua movement -- Olana -- The Catskills -- Artists of the Adirondacks -- The Adirondacks -- The telephone -- Electricity -- Edison -- Energy -- The trolley car -- Leisure and pleasure -- Life at the turn of the century -- Literary New York -- Skyscrapers -- Commuters -- Automobiles -- The stock exchange -- Ash can art -- World War I -- Postwar New York -- The twenties -- The great depression -- Fiorello -- World War II -- Governors -- Highways -- Air traffic -- Waterways -- New York agriculture -- Modern industry -- Education -- A new Albany -- Ethnic groups -- History -- Natural wonders.