3rd Edition
The Restless City A Short History of New York from Colonial Times to the Present
1. Introduction
2. City of The Whirlpool: 1500-1799
3. Gotham, the Paradoxical City, 1800-1840
4. The Proud and Passionate City: 1840-1865
5. The Empire City: Questioning the Gilded Age, 1865-1899
6. The City of Ambition: Progressivism on Trial, 1900-1919
7. The Big Apple: Pursuing the Dream, 1920-1945
8. The World City, 1945-1969
9. The Threatened City, 1973-2000
10. The Restless City, 2001-2015
Biography
Joanne Reitano earned a BA from Vassar College and a PhD from New York University. She is Professor of History Emerita at LaGuardia Community College, CUNY. Her other book-length publications include Work and Society: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, The Tariff Question in the Gilded Age: The Great Debate of 1888, The Restless City Reader, and New York State: People, Places, and Priorities. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
