New York's Scoundrels, Scalawags, and Scrappers: The City in the Last Decade of the Gilded Age

by John Tauranac

The 1890s was the tail end of the Gilded Age. It was not a "Golden Age," it was a veneer, and although the decade was specifically called "The Gay Nineties," the gaiety was generally reserved for the gilt-edged, top ten percenters. If you were a common working stiff--or worse, a common working "stiffette"--life was not so gay. Most New Yorkers played by the rules of the game, although some fudged a bit. Others, along with the managements of some...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493090100
• ISBN13: 9781493090105
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 256 Pages