Katie's votes on the list Best of New York City History

Listopia > Katie's votes on the list Best of New York City History (20 Books)

1	Working-Class New York: Life and Labor Since World War II by Joshua B. Freeman 4.10 avg rating — 107 ratings Katie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America by Russell Shorto (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 11,483 ratings Katie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics by Kim Phillips-Fein 4.22 avg rating — 1,164 ratings Katie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Dying City: Postwar New York and the Ideology of Fear by Brian L. Tochterman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings Katie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York by Hilary Ballon (Editor) 3.79 avg rating — 75 ratings Katie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York by Kathy Peiss 3.81 avg rating — 839 ratings Katie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Urban Appetites: Food and Culture in Nineteenth-Century New York by Cindy R. Lobel 3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings Katie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover's Companion to New York City by Andrew F. Smith (Other) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings Katie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow 3.90 avg rating — 46,579 ratings Katie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Dreamland by Kevin Baker (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 1,897 ratings Katie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War by Jonathan Daniel Wells (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 239 ratings Katie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863 by Leslie M. Harris 4.11 avg rating — 66 ratings Katie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York by Lucy Sante 4.10 avg rating — 2,612 ratings Katie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Educated for Freedom: The Incredible Story of Two Fugitive Schoolboys Who Grew Up to Change a Nation by Anna Mae Duane 3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings Katie rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	New York Recentered: Building the Metropolis from the Shore by Kara Murphy Schlichting really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings Katie added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	America’s Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York by Sam Roberts (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings Katie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Invention of Brownstone Brooklyn: Gentrification and the Search for Authenticity in Postwar New York by Suleiman Osman 3.76 avg rating — 224 ratings Katie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City by Jonathan Soffer 3.81 avg rating — 42 ratings Katie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings: The Congress of Racial Equality in Brooklyn by Brian Purnell 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings Katie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Erin's Daughters in America: Irish Immigrant Women in the Nineteenth Century by Hasia R. Diner 3.77 avg rating — 146 ratings Katie rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars