Scenes from the Life of a City. Corruption and Conscience in Old New York. - HOMBERGER, ERIC
corruption and conscience in old New York
KORTE INHOUD
A portrait of life in New York in the mid-19th century that focuses on four true-life characters who played important roles in reform efforts at the time. This text describes many social aspects of life in New York amidst political corruption, squalor and a growing gulf between rich and poor.
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1994Uitgever: Yale University Press358 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0300060416ISBN-13: 9780300060416Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publishers blue paper covered boards, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: pictorial endpapers, frontispiece, 358pp., illustrations, appendix, notes, sources illustrations, index. Very fine copy. New Haven-London, Yale University Press. 1994 [Auteur: HOMBERGER, ERIC] [Jaar: 1994] [Titel: Scenes from the Life of a City. Corruption and Conscience in Old New York.]
