1st Edition
The Restless City Reader A New York City Sourcebook
Edited By Joanne Reitano
Copyright 2010
336 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
From Peter Stuyvesant to Mayor Bloomberg, New York City’s history is full of vibrant characters, riveting events, and fascinating controversies that reflect shifting economic, political, social, and cultural currents within New York’s long history. The Restless City Reader: A New York City Sourcebook uses primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives to illuminate the issues that... Read more
1. Introduction: The Restless City 2. 1609-1799 3. 1800-1840 4. 1840-1865 5. 1865-1900 6. 1900-1920 7. 1920-1945 8. 1945-1970 9. 1970-1993 10. 1993-2008
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: A Short History of New York From Colonial Times to the Present, and New York State: People, Places, and Priorities. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
