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Knickerbocker's History of New York

Book by Washington Irving; American Book Exchange, 1881

Subjects:

New York (State)--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775

Collections: History, Entire Library

KNICKERBOCKERS HISTORY OF NEW YORK BY WASHINGTON...excellent and faithful HISTORY OF NEW YORK which he advised...this little work, a history to serve as a foundation...swelling in process of time, until Knickerbockers New York may be equally...
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A History of New York

Book by Irving Washington; Belford, Clarke, 1885

Subjects:

New York (State)--History--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775

Collections: History, Entire Library

...account of the early history of New-York, or of its three...little work, a history to serve as a...swelling in process of time, until Knickerbockers New-York may be equally...to be desired. A HISTORY OF NEW-YORK. BY DIEDRICH...
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Population History of New York City

Book by Ira Rosenwaike; Syracuse University Press, 1972

Subjects:

New York (N.Y.)--Population--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Patricks, St. Georges and more particularly the New England." 9. The New Englanders and the Knickerbockers constituted the governing classes of New York City on the eve of the Civil War. They ruled the metropolis politically, socially, and economically...
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Knickerbocker Birthday: A Sesqui-Centennial History of the New-York Historical Society, 1804-1954

Book by R. W. G. Vail; New York Historical Society, 1954

Subjects:

New-York Historical Society--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...important books on Dutch New York. It is also pleasant to see in the Record of Donations this entry: "Knickerbockers History of New York presented by the Author." This is the dedication copy of Irvings famous history of 1809. It is a...
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The Duke's Province: A Study of New York Politics and Society, 1664-1691

Book by Robert C. Ritchie; University of North Carolina Press, 1977

Subjects:

New York (State)--Economic Conditions, New York (State)--Politics And Government--To 1775, New York (State)--Social Conditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...would like to thank the editors of New York History and the New York Historical...shared their special knowledge of New York history. Arthur Joseph Slavin, Joyce...work is a political and social history of New York from 1664 to 1691. Scholars...

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Catharine Sedgwick and the Circles of New York

Journal article by Charlene Avallone; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 23, 2006

Subjects:

American writers, Authors, American, Sedgwick, Catharine Maria--Biography

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Bender, Thomas. New York Intellect: A History of Intellectual Life...Columbia Literary History of the United States. New York: Columbia UP, 1988...Madeline B. "The House of the Expanding Doors...Soirees, 1846." New York History 23 (1942): 42-51...
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The Homosexual as Villain and Victim in Fin-De-Siècle Drama

Journal article by Laurence Senelick; Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 4, 1993

Subjects:

Sex Customs--History, Sexology

Collections: Entire Library

...the Present (New York, 1981 ). Her...nom de plume of Dauriac...reference to the new Metropolitan police...velvet coats, knickerbockers, and coloured hose...Cultural Politics of Gender Ambiguity...Kristina Straub (New York, 1991 ), pp...
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From First Baseman to Primo Basso: The Odd Saga of the Original Pirate King (Tra La!)

Journal article by Peter Morris; Nine, Vol. 15, 2007

Subjects:

Baseball teams--History, Baseball teams--Organization formation, Baseball--History, Baseball--New York, Brooklyn, New York, New York--History, Brooklyn, New York, New York--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations

Collections: Entire Library

...formal, printed rules. The Knickerbockers encountered a practical...efforts to bring a touch of the countryside to the...necessary to look for new places to play, and Brooklyn...consequences that the New York Times was barely overstating...for many years the history of the Union Grounds...
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The Three New Yorks: Topographical Narratives and Cultural Texts

Journal article by Martha Banta; American Literary History, Vol. 7, 1995

Subjects:

American Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the bay" (Irving 189); last, Knickerbockers paean in 1809 to "that majestic...its ample bosom before the city of New York" (Irving 54). Two years prior to the publication of Irvings A History of New York , Robert Fultons...
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At the Edge of Contemplation

Journal article by Howard W. Bischoff; Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, Vol. 26, 2005

Subjects:

Philosophers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Quotations

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...for no one can be a right good partisan, who is not a thorough-going hater. Washington Irving, DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKERS HISTORY OF NEW YORK Howard W. Bischoff 2933 Oak Park Road Pittsburgh, PA 15214

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Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898

Magazine article by Francis Morrone; New Criterion, Vol. 17, December 1998

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (Book)--Reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...case the 1820s and 1830s. New York had not yet grown Brobdingnagian...scoffed at. The growing prosperity of the city; the architecture of...Club at Wileys Bookstore on New Street; the nearness of countryside...conflicting elites, the Episcopal Knickerbockers vs. the Puritan Yankees. The...
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Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898

Magazine article; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 263, February 1999

Subjects:

New York, New York--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...New Yorks history with a generations worth of recent and...developments. For New York, however...between older Knickerbockers and newer...the City of New York is the history of the eager...Irvings A History of New York (1809), better known as Knickerbockers History...
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Countdown to Nothing

Magazine article by Richard Brookhiser; National Review, Vol. 52, February 7, 2000

Subjects:

New Year, New York, New York, New York--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations

Collections: Entire Library

...decided to start one to benefit Knickerbockers (i.e., everybody). It survives today, open to descendants of anyone who lived in New York when Irving was born. They...the citys crime rates. But history required him to do a second...
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The Escape Artist

Magazine article by Alexander Nazaryan; New Criterion, Vol. 25, March 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Original Knickerbocker: The Life of Washington Irving (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Swift. Irvings first major work came in 1809 with A History of New York, penned under the memorable nom de plume Diedrich Knickerbocker. Knickerbockers "Gotham" (the term is yet another Irving invention...
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Irrepressible Urges

Magazine article by Brooke Allen; New Criterion, Vol. 25, February 2007

Subjects:

Spring Awakening (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...moments in all of Western history; Wedekinds drama, in...in complete ignorance of the facts of life openly...schoolboys, for instance, in knickerbockers and Norfolk jackets grabbing...take advantage of the new opportunities offered...a fairly typical New York couple. He is an actor...

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When Christmas Was a Merry Brawl: New York Elite Led 1820s Reform Effort

Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, December 6, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Episcopalians such as Washington Irving cast about for more civilized ways to celebrate Christmas. Irvings book "Knickerbockers History of New York," an allegorical satire of early Dutch history, mentioned St. Nicholas 15 times. It was published on St...
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Washington Irving Chronicler of Old New York and His Legacy

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 4, 2007

Subjects:

Rip Van Winkle (Short fiction)

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...richly annotated biography, with a title that gives emphasis to Irvings initial fame as the chronicler of old New York in "Knickerbockers History," which seems appropriate for one who would one day be called "the Patriarch of American Letters." But...
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Well-Heeled New Yorkers Helped Invent Christmas Celebrations: City's Cultural, Communications Eminence Led Nation

Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, December 25, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...volumes on New York City history, "Gotham," is out and includes a snapshot of how the wealthy "Knickerbocker...traditions. "Back then, New York is making a great effort...Washington Irvings satirical "Knickerbockers History" as the patron saint...
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Dresses to Di For

Newspaper article by Melanie Reid; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), May 18, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...And it will go down in history as the dress that won the War of the Waleses. For this revealing...June 25. The auction - in New York, with worldwide bids by phone...massive collars and either knickerbockers or full skirts. CRITICS...
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The Original Wakeup Call; Books

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 21, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...follies - and was already known for being the author of Knickerbockers History Of New York when, in 1815, he set off on an extended trip to...way of thinking of its people. Thus, a good deal of The Sketch Book is about England, and was eagerly...

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New York , City, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the American Museum of Natural History (with the Hayden Planetarium), the museum and library of the New-York Historical Society , the Brooklyn...Garden in Manhattan, home to the Knickerbockers (basketball) and Rangers (hockey...
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Baseball

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...bat. History Early History Baseball developed from variations of the English game of rounders...Alexander Cartwright of the New York Knickerbocker Club standardized...baseball was played by the Knickerbockers in the fall of 1845 in a...

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