First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Lauraleigh O'Meara

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Chapter 1 "The Manhattan of the Moment"; Chapter 2 Symbols of New York; Chapter 3 A Day in the History of the City; Chapter 4 Scenes from a "Carnival by the Sea"; Chapter 5 "A Picture of New York Life"; Chapter 6 Good Family, Old Money, Elite Society; Chapter 7 Saying Goodbye to the Road Not Taken; afterword Afterword: Beginnings, Not Endings;