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Note: The resources below come from a variety of sites, with the Making of America Collection providing the largest number of texts.
19th and Early 20th Century Books on City Life:
History of the city of New-York: Valentine, David Thomas,. New York, G. P. Putnam & company, 1853.
New York by Gas-Light With Here and There a Streak of Sunshine, George G. Foster, 1850
The growth of cities: a discourse delivered before the New York Geographical Society, on the evening of March 15th, 1855. By Henry P. Tappan
Humanity in the city. Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell), New York, De Witt & Davenport; Boston, A. Tompkins [1854]
London Labour and the London Poor, Henry Mayhew, 1862. Or, if you wish, you can view page images at http://www.webincunabula.com/html/ma/mayhew.htm
The Secrets of the Great City, James DabneyMcCabe, Philadelphia, Chicago [etc.] Jones brothers & co. [1868]
Paris by sunlight and gaslight. A work descriptive of the mysteries and miseries, the virtues, the vices, the splendors, and the crimes of the city of Paris. Illustrated with over 150 fine engravings, by Gustave Doré and other celevrated artists of France, James D. McCabe, .Philadelphia [etc.] National publishing co. [1869]
The Sights and Secrets of the National Capital: A Work Descriptive of Washington City in all its various phases, Dr. John B. Ellis, New York, United States publishing company, 1869.
Sunshine and shadow in New York. Matthew Hale Smith. (Burleigh.) Hartford, J.B. Burr, 1869.
The great metropolis; a mirror of New York. Junius HenriBrowne, Hartford, American publishing company; San Francisco, Cal., H. H. Bancroft & co., [etc., etc.] 1869.
The great metropolis; a mirror of New York. Junius HenriBrowne, Hartford, American publishing company; San Francisco, Cal., H. H. Bancroft & co., [etc., etc.] 1869.
Saint Louis: the future great city of the world. L. U. Reavis. Reavis, L. U.,St. Louis, Pub. by the order of the St. Louis County court, 1871.
The chronicles of Gotham. By the author of "The new gospel of peace" Richard Grant White, New York, G.W. Carleton & co.; London, S. Low, son & co., 1871-72.
New York and its institutions, 1609-1871. A library of information, pertaining to the great metropolis, past and present ... Rev. J. F. Richmond, New York,E. B. Treat; Chicago, I.S. Smith: 1872.
Marvels of prayer, illustrated by the Fulton street prayer meeting. With Leaves from the tree of life. By Matthew Hale Smith New York, Evangelical publishing co., [c.1875]
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York with Illustrations Chiefly from Photographs Taken by the Author, Jacob A. Riis, 1890
The Battle with the Slum, Jacob Riis, 1902
Newspapers and Magazine Articles on City Life
Great Cities and Their Fate. [Harper's new monthly magazine. / Volume 43, Issue 258, November 1871], Eugene Lawrence
The Strain of City Life. [Manufacturer and Builder / Volume 18, Issue 9, September 1886]
The Poor in Great Cities -- Introduction. [Scribner's magazine. / Volume 11, Issue 4, April,1892]
The City on the Housetops. [The Atlantic monthly. / Volume 74, Issue 441, July 1894]
The City in Modern Life. [The Atlantic monthly. / Volume 75, Issue 450, April 1895]
Settlers in the City Wilderness. [The Atlantic monthly. / Volume 77, Issue 459, January 1896]
"An East-Side Ramble." William Dean Howells, Impressions and Experiences (New York: Harpers & Brothers, 1896): 127-149
Improvement in City Life.Charles Mulford Robinson [The Atlantic monthly. / Volume 83, Issue 498, April 1899]; Issue 499, May, 1899; Issue 500, June 1899.
New York, The Nation's Metropolis, Peter Marcus, 1921
Books on Cities and the Social Gospel
In His Own Steps, Charles M. Sheldon
If Jesus Came to Boston, Edward Everett Hale, 1894
Newspapers and Magazine Articles on City Life:
Great Cities and Their Fate. [Harper's new monthly magazine. / Volume 43, Issue 258, November 1871], Eugene Lawrence
The Strain of City Life. [Manufacturer and Builder / Volume 18, Issue 9, September 1886]
The Poor in Great Cities -- Introduction. [Scribner's magazine. / Volume 11, Issue 4, April,1892]
The City on the Housetops. [The Atlantic monthly. / Volume 74, Issue 441, July 1894]
The City in Modern Life. [The Atlantic monthly. / Volume 75, Issue 450, April 1895]
Settlers in the City Wilderness. [The Atlantic monthly. / Volume 77, Issue 459, January 1896]
"An East-Side Ramble." William Dean Howells, Impressions and Experiences (New York: Harpers & Brothers, 1896): 127-149
Improvement in City Life.Charles Mulford Robinson [The Atlantic monthly. / Volume 83, Issue 498, April 1899]; Issue 499, May, 1899; Issue 500, June 1899.
New York, The Nation's Metropolis, Peter Marcus, 1921
Books on Cities and the Social Gospel
In His Own Steps, Charles M. Sheldon
If Jesus Came to Boston, Edward Everett Hale, 1894
Related Links on This Site:
American Literature and Culture: 1850-1930-- Money and Morality, Class, Culture and Conscience
The Rich and the "Other Half" in Turn-of-the-Century America
Resources on Other Sites:
Chicago in 1900--A Milennial Biography and Chicago Public Library Digital Resources
The Vice Commision of Chicago: The Social Evil in Chicago, 1911 (pdf file-view using Adobe acrobat)
Looking North: Upper Manhattan in Photographs, 1896-1939, The Byron Collection, Museum of the City of New York
The Darkness and Daylight Project was constructed by Dr. Lucia Knoles, Dept. of English, Assumption College, in collaboration with her students. We welcome visits and comments from other researchers.