New Yorks Scoundrels, Scalawags, and Scrappers - The City in the Last Decade of the Gilded Age

The 1890s was the tail end of the Gilded Age. It was not a “Golden Age,” it was a veneer, and although the decade is specifically called “The Gay Nineties,” the gaiety was generally reserved for the 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 businesses and some administrations of the municipality, played by totally different rules, successfully gaming the system to their advantage. The few who fought for truth and justice generally went down fighting. These are New York’s scoundrels, scalawags, and scrappers.
 

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By John Tauranac

Product details

• Authors: John Tauranac, Tauranac John
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.06.2025
• EAN: 9781493090105
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-9010-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Guides; USA, True Crime, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Local History, Organized crime, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Northeastern & North Atlantic States, TRUE CRIME / Historical, US Northeast: Mid-Atlantic States