German New York City (Images of America: New York)
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (608 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738556807 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Not worth the price" according to Kathleen. This was a very disappointing book and regret spending the money for this overpriced "book". The information looks like stuff taken from Wikipedia and no real in depth information about how our early ancestors lived in NYC in the 1800s and 1900s, which is what I was looking for from the brief summary on Amazon. I feel tricked! This may be ok for $1.99 kindle read but not for $10!. Fascinating and informative! Amazon Customer I'm of German descent and my family is from the NY area and I found this book to be a delightful collection of bits and pieces of our fascinating history! I highly disagree with anyone who could claim that this book is not worth every penny, and then some! A great gift for anyone who's heritage is linked to the incredible story of our German ancestors and the footprint they've left in the one-and-only city of New York
His family left Germany for New York in 1866, and he has been studying German immigrants in New York City since 1992. . Using photographs culled from his extensive collection of images and from the Library of Congress, the author offers a closer look at the German American experience in New York City. Richard Panchyk is the author of 12 books and dozens of articles
Panchyk, a noted author, has been researching German immigrants since 1992, and his images of settlers and city landscapes through the decades capture the migration patterns from the Little Germany section of Manhattan to the surrounding boroughs and beyond. Photographs are organized according to such themes as religion and education, food and drink and culture and recreation.(Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR) . Title: German New York CityAuthor: Staff WriterPublisher: Book News, Inc.Date: February 2010This pictorial history of German immigrants who settled in New York City during the late 19th and early 20th centuries follows the movements of this population through the use of archival photographs from the Library of Congress and the author's own personal collection
German immigrants established their new community in a downtown Manhattan neighborhood that became known as Kleindeutschland or Little Germany. German immigration to New York peaked during the 1850s and again during the 1880s, and by the end of the 19th century New York had the third-largest German-born population of any city worldwide. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, much of the German population moved north to the Upper East Side’s Yorkville and subsequently spread out to the other boroughs of the city.. German New York City celebrates the rich cultural heritage of the hundreds of thousands of German immigrants who left the poverty and turmoil of 19th- and 20th-century Europe for the promise of a better life in the bustling American metropolis