Scenes from the Life of a City: Corruption and Conscience in Old New York by Eric Homberger

Scenes from the Life of a City: Corruption and Conscience in Old New York

Eric Homberger

368 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

informative reflective slow-paced
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Glittering and glamorous, New York in the mid-nineteenth century was also plagued by political corruption, sanitation problems, and a growing gulf between rich and poor. In this book, Eric Homberger, brilliantly evokes the life of a city, through ...

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