Life on the Lower East Side
By: Jennifer Blizin Gillis.
Series: Picture the past
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.; New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: An overview of everyday life in New York City's Lower East Side from 1870 to 1913, focusing on the communities formed by people who shared a common language, religion, and/or cultural traditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Lower East Side; title: A better world; title: Homes; title: Life in the streets; title: Jobs; title: Clothes; title: Ready-to-wear; title: Children; title: Schools; title: Transportation; title: Food; title: Hard times; title: Settlement houses; title: The Lower East Side now; title: Glossary.