Author: New York (N.Y.). Mechanics' institute
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Catalogue of the Library of the Mechanics' Institute, of the City of New-York
Author: New York (N.Y.). Mechanics' institute
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen
Author: New York (N.Y.). Board of Aldermen
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Category : Municipal government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
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Category : Municipal government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
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Alphabetical and Analytical Catalogue of the New York Society Library
Author: New York Society Library
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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Proceedings ...
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Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Documents of the Senate of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Legislature. Senate
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1166
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1166
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Catalogue of the New York State Library: 1855
Author: New York State Library. Law Library
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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New York City Cartmen, 1667-1850
Author: Graham Russell Hodges
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814724612
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The cartmen—unskilled workers who hauled goods on one horsecarts—were perhaps the most important labor group in early American cities. The forerunners of the Teamsters Union, these white-frocked laborers moved almost all of the nation’s possessions, touching the lives of virtually every American. New York City Cartmen, 1667–1850 tells the story of this vital group of laborers. Besides documenting the cartmen’s history, the book also demonstrates the tremendous impact of government intervention into the American economy via the creation of labor laws. The cartmen possessed a hard-nosed political awareness, and because they transported essential goods, they achieved a status in New York City far above their skills or financial worth. Civic support and discrimination helped the cartmen create a community all their own. The cartmen's culture and their relationship with New York's municipal government are the direct ancestors of the city's fabled taxicab drivers. But this book is about the city itself. It is a stirring street-level account of the growth of New York, growth made possible by the efforts of the cartmen and other unskilled laborers. Containing 23 black-and-white illustrations, New York City Cartmen is informative reading for social, urban, and labor historians.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814724612
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The cartmen—unskilled workers who hauled goods on one horsecarts—were perhaps the most important labor group in early American cities. The forerunners of the Teamsters Union, these white-frocked laborers moved almost all of the nation’s possessions, touching the lives of virtually every American. New York City Cartmen, 1667–1850 tells the story of this vital group of laborers. Besides documenting the cartmen’s history, the book also demonstrates the tremendous impact of government intervention into the American economy via the creation of labor laws. The cartmen possessed a hard-nosed political awareness, and because they transported essential goods, they achieved a status in New York City far above their skills or financial worth. Civic support and discrimination helped the cartmen create a community all their own. The cartmen's culture and their relationship with New York's municipal government are the direct ancestors of the city's fabled taxicab drivers. But this book is about the city itself. It is a stirring street-level account of the growth of New York, growth made possible by the efforts of the cartmen and other unskilled laborers. Containing 23 black-and-white illustrations, New York City Cartmen is informative reading for social, urban, and labor historians.
The Archaeology of Home
Author: Katharine Greider
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1586489909
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
When Katharine Greider was told to leave her house or risk it falling down on top of her and her family, it spurred an investigation that began with contractors' diagnoses and lawsuits, then veered into archaeology and urban history, before settling into the saltwater grasses of the marsh that fatefully once sat beneath the site of Number 239 East 7th Street. During the journey, Greider examines how people balance the need for permanence with the urge to migrate, and how the home is the resting place for ancestral ghosts. The land on which Number 239 was built has a history as long as America's own. It provisioned the earliest European settlers who needed fodder for their cattle; it became a spoil of war handed from the king's servant to the revolutionary victor; it was at the heart of nineteenth-century Kleinedeutschland and of the revolutionary Jewish Lower East Side. America's immigrant waves have all passed through 7th Street. In one small house is written the history of a young country and the much longer story of humankind and the places they came to call home.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1586489909
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
When Katharine Greider was told to leave her house or risk it falling down on top of her and her family, it spurred an investigation that began with contractors' diagnoses and lawsuits, then veered into archaeology and urban history, before settling into the saltwater grasses of the marsh that fatefully once sat beneath the site of Number 239 East 7th Street. During the journey, Greider examines how people balance the need for permanence with the urge to migrate, and how the home is the resting place for ancestral ghosts. The land on which Number 239 was built has a history as long as America's own. It provisioned the earliest European settlers who needed fodder for their cattle; it became a spoil of war handed from the king's servant to the revolutionary victor; it was at the heart of nineteenth-century Kleinedeutschland and of the revolutionary Jewish Lower East Side. America's immigrant waves have all passed through 7th Street. In one small house is written the history of a young country and the much longer story of humankind and the places they came to call home.
Catalogue of the New-York State Library ...
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Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Pages : 430
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Catalogue of the New-York State Library
Author: New York State Library (Albany).
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Languages : en
Pages : 432
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