Title Manhattan phoenix : the Great Fire of 1835 and the emergence of modern New York / Daniel S. Levy

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 453 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps Summary The Great Fire of 1835 nearly leveled Manhattan - consuming some 700 buildings - yet also created the ashes from which the city was reborn. 'Manhattan Phoenix' explores the emergence of modern New York after 1835 and in the years up to and through the Civil War, as it evolved from a chaotic jumble of competing interests and rampant disorganization into to a metropolis of world-class proportions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 14, 2022) Subject Fires -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century Social conditions Fires SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1775-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091421 Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Manhattan Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780197624791 0197624790 9780199700202 0199700206 9780199752461 019975246X

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