Author: Francis DrakePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
Eboracum
Author: Francis DrakeHistory and Description of the Ancient City of York: The strangers' guide
Author: William HargrovePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : York (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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History and Topography of the City of York
Author: James Joseph SheahanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : East Riding of Yorkshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
Eboracum
Author: Francis DrakePublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016134576
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
History And Antiquities Of The City Of York
Author: Francis DrakePublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021444189
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a detailed and comprehensive history of the city of York, England. Written by Francis Drake, a noted historian and antiquarian, this book covers the city's rich cultural and architectural heritage, from its Roman roots to its medieval and modern developments. With its meticulous research and engaging prose, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in English history or the city of York. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
History and topography of the city of York; the Ainsty wapentake; and the East riding of Yorkshire, by J.J. Sheahan and T. Whellan
Author: Whellan T. and coYork in 50 Buildings
Author: Andrew GrahamPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445674092
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Explores the rich and fascinating history of York through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.
A History of Housing in New York City
Author: Richard PlunzPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231062978
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's "metropolis," New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any American city, but it has also led the nation in innovation and reform. Plunz traces New York's housing development from 1850 to the present, exploring the housing of all classes, discussing the development of types ranging from the single-family house to the high-rise apartment tower.
History and Topography of the City of York
Author: T. WhellanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Riding of Yorkshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Gotham
Author: Edwin G. BurrowsPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199729107
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description
To European explorers, it was Eden, a paradise of waist-high grasses, towering stands of walnut, maple, chestnut, and oak, and forests that teemed with bears, wolves, raccoons, beavers, otters, and foxes. Today, it is the site of Broadway and Wall Street, the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty, and the home of millions of people, who have come from every corner of the nation and the globe. In Gotham, Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace have produced a monumental work of history, one that ranges from the Indian tribes that settled in and around the island of Manna-hata, to the consolidation of the five boroughs into Greater New York in 1898. It is an epic narrative, a story as vast and as varied as the city it chronicles, and it underscores that the history of New York is the story of our nation. Readers will relive the tumultuous early years of New Amsterdam under the Dutch West India Company, Peter Stuyvesant's despotic regime, Indian wars, slave resistance and revolt, the Revolutionary War and the defeat of Washington's army on Brooklyn Heights, the destructive seven years of British occupation, New York as the nation's first capital, the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, the Erie Canal and the coming of the railroads, the growth of the city as a port and financial center, the infamous draft riots of the Civil War, the great flood of immigrants, the rise of mass entertainment such as vaudeville and Coney Island, the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and the birth of the skyscraper. Here too is a cast of thousands--the rebel Jacob Leisler and the reformer Joanna Bethune; Clement Moore, who saved Greenwich Village from the city's street-grid plan; Herman Melville, who painted disillusioned portraits of city life; and Walt Whitman, who happily celebrated that same life. We meet the rebel Jacob Leisler and the reformer Joanna Bethune; Boss Tweed and his nemesis, cartoonist Thomas Nast; Emma Goldman and Nellie Bly; Jacob Riis and Horace Greeley; police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt; Colonel Waring and his "white angels" (who revolutionized the sanitation department); millionaires John Jacob Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, August Belmont, and William Randolph Hearst; and hundreds more who left their mark on this great city. The events and people who crowd these pages guarantee that this is no mere local history. It is in fact a portrait of the heart and soul of America, and a book that will mesmerize everyone interested in the peaks and valleys of American life as found in the greatest city on earth. Gotham is a dazzling read, a fast-paced, brilliant narrative that carries the reader along as it threads hundreds of stories into one great blockbuster of a book.