The physiology of New York boarding-houses /

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The American boardinghouse once provided basic domestic shelter and constituted a uniquely modern world view for the first true generation of U.S. city-dwellers. Thomas Butler Gunn's classic 1857 account of urban habitation, The Physiology of New York Boarding-Houses, explores the process by wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gunn, Thomas Butler
Other Authors: Faflik, David, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Lodging-houses > New York (State) > New York > 19th century.
Boardinghouses > New York (State) > New York > 19th century.
Pensions de famille > New York (État) > New York > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Small Business.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Boardinghouses.
Lodging-houses.
Manners and customs.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
New York (State) > New York.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A Note on the Text; The Physiology of New York Boarding-Houses; Explanatory Notes; Further Reading; About the Editor.

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