Thursday, January 25, 2007

Gilded city: scandal and sensation in turn-of-the-century New York

Author: Dunlop, M. H. (Mary Helen)
Title: Gilded city: scandal and sensation in turn-of-the-century New York
Published: New York: Perennial, 2000
Description: xxi, 296 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography: p. 277-287
Subject(s):
  • Rich people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
  • Wealth -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
  • Scandals -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
  • Sensationalism in journalism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century
  • New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898
  • New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

Review(s):

  • McArthur, Benjamin. "An age of excess.(Gilded City: Scandal and Sensation in Turn-of-the-Century New York)." Reviews in American History 30.3 (Sept 2002): 406
  • "GILDED CITY: Scandal and Sensation in Turn-of-the-Century New York." Publishers Weekly 247.50 (Dec 11, 2000): 78
Read: May 11, 2004