Author:
Publisher: Hudson River Museum
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
A Guide to the Gilded Age in Westchester
Author:
Publisher: Hudson River Museum
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher: Hudson River Museum
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
GILDED AGE IN WESTCHESTER.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age
Author: Leonard C. Schlup
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9780765621061
Category : Electronic reference sources
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Covers all the people, events, movements, subjects, court cases, inventions, and more that defined the Gilded Age.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9780765621061
Category : Electronic reference sources
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Covers all the people, events, movements, subjects, court cases, inventions, and more that defined the Gilded Age.
A Guide to the Gilded Age in Weschester
Author: John Zukowsky
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780943651132
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780943651132
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Love, Fiercely
Author: Jean Zimmerman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0151014477
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Documents the Gilded Age love story of an heiress who fought for women's rights and an architect, tracing their upbringings, their pursuits, and their advocacy efforts on behalf of the poor and disenfranchised.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0151014477
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Documents the Gilded Age love story of an heiress who fought for women's rights and an architect, tracing their upbringings, their pursuits, and their advocacy efforts on behalf of the poor and disenfranchised.
The Gilded Age
Author: Howard Wayne MORGAN
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1442903260
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1442903260
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Author: John D. Buenker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317471687
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description
Spanning the era from the end of Reconstruction (1877) to 1920, the entries of this reference were chosen with attention to the people, events, inventions, political developments, organizations, and other forces that led to significant changes in the U.S. in that era. Seventeen initial stand-alone essays describe as many themes.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317471687
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description
Spanning the era from the end of Reconstruction (1877) to 1920, the entries of this reference were chosen with attention to the people, events, inventions, political developments, organizations, and other forces that led to significant changes in the U.S. in that era. Seventeen initial stand-alone essays describe as many themes.
John E. Parsons
Author: Paul DeForest Hicks
Publisher: Prospecta Press
ISBN: 9781632260734
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
John E. Parsons: An Eminent New Yorker in the Gilded Age is the captivating biography about the life and times of a man who was a major figure in the history of New York at the turn of the 20th century. An attorney, philanthropist, and reformer, Parsons held a position of respect among such Gilded Age barons as Morgan, Rockefeller and Carnegie, helped establish institutions that became the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and contributed to amending the city's legal bar association that helped put an end to the corruption of "Boss" Tweed's Tammany Hall politicians. When not performing his civic duties, Parsons enjoyed the country life in his home in Lenox, Massachusetts, where his generosity made him a beloved member of the Berkshire Hills community. But despite his charitable works, Parsons's role as a trustee for the Sugar Refineries Company--or "Sugar Trust"--embroiled him in a corporate conspiracy that would threaten to tarnish his reputation as a righteous and moral activist, and as one of New York's greatest unsung heroes. The dramatic story of how he endured the protracted trial and publicity is a poignant testament to his strength of character and the widespread admiration in which he was held.
Publisher: Prospecta Press
ISBN: 9781632260734
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
John E. Parsons: An Eminent New Yorker in the Gilded Age is the captivating biography about the life and times of a man who was a major figure in the history of New York at the turn of the 20th century. An attorney, philanthropist, and reformer, Parsons held a position of respect among such Gilded Age barons as Morgan, Rockefeller and Carnegie, helped establish institutions that became the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and contributed to amending the city's legal bar association that helped put an end to the corruption of "Boss" Tweed's Tammany Hall politicians. When not performing his civic duties, Parsons enjoyed the country life in his home in Lenox, Massachusetts, where his generosity made him a beloved member of the Berkshire Hills community. But despite his charitable works, Parsons's role as a trustee for the Sugar Refineries Company--or "Sugar Trust"--embroiled him in a corporate conspiracy that would threaten to tarnish his reputation as a righteous and moral activist, and as one of New York's greatest unsung heroes. The dramatic story of how he endured the protracted trial and publicity is a poignant testament to his strength of character and the widespread admiration in which he was held.
The Gilded Age
Author: Judith Freeman Clark
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438108842
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Illustrates how historical events appeared to those who lived through the Gilded Age. This book includes critical documents as well as capsule biographies of more than 100 key figures. It contains maps, graphs, and charts and each chapter provides an introductory essay and a chronology of events.
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438108842
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Illustrates how historical events appeared to those who lived through the Gilded Age. This book includes critical documents as well as capsule biographies of more than 100 key figures. It contains maps, graphs, and charts and each chapter provides an introductory essay and a chronology of events.
In Pursuit of Privilege
Author: Clifton Hood
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023154295X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
A history that extends from the 1750s to the present, In Pursuit of Privilege recounts upper-class New Yorkers' struggle to create a distinct world guarded against outsiders, even as economic growth and democratic opportunity enabled aspirants to gain entrance. Despite their efforts, New York City's upper class has been drawn into the larger story of the city both through class conflict and through their role in building New York's cultural and economic foundations. In Pursuit of Privilege describes the famous and infamous characters and events at the center of this extraordinary history, from the elite families and wealthy tycoons of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the Wall Street executives of today. From the start, upper-class New Yorkers have been open and aggressive in their behavior, keen on attaining prestige, power, and wealth. Clifton Hood sharpens this characterization by merging a history of the New York economy in the eighteenth century with the story of Wall Street's emergence as an international financial center in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as the dominance of New York's financial and service sectors in the 1980s. Bringing together several decades of upheaval and change, he shows that New York's upper class did not rise exclusively from the Gilded Age but rather from a relentless pursuit of privilege, affecting not just the urban elite but the city's entire cultural, economic, and political fabric.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023154295X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
A history that extends from the 1750s to the present, In Pursuit of Privilege recounts upper-class New Yorkers' struggle to create a distinct world guarded against outsiders, even as economic growth and democratic opportunity enabled aspirants to gain entrance. Despite their efforts, New York City's upper class has been drawn into the larger story of the city both through class conflict and through their role in building New York's cultural and economic foundations. In Pursuit of Privilege describes the famous and infamous characters and events at the center of this extraordinary history, from the elite families and wealthy tycoons of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the Wall Street executives of today. From the start, upper-class New Yorkers have been open and aggressive in their behavior, keen on attaining prestige, power, and wealth. Clifton Hood sharpens this characterization by merging a history of the New York economy in the eighteenth century with the story of Wall Street's emergence as an international financial center in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as the dominance of New York's financial and service sectors in the 1980s. Bringing together several decades of upheaval and change, he shows that New York's upper class did not rise exclusively from the Gilded Age but rather from a relentless pursuit of privilege, affecting not just the urban elite but the city's entire cultural, economic, and political fabric.