Gotham_AHistoryofNewYorkCityto1898

GOTHAM GOTHAM A HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY TO 1898 Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogota Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dares Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris Sao Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Copyright © 1999 by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace First published by Oxford University Press, Inc., 1999 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2000 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Burrows, Edwin G., 1943— Gotham / Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. Contents: v. i. A history of N......