Nasaw, David : City University of New York College of Staten Island
Summary
The turn of the century was a time of explosive growth for American cities, a time of nascent hopes and apparently
limitless possibilities. In Children of the City, David Nasaw re-creates this period in our social history
from the vantage point of the children who grew up then. Drawing on hundreds of memoirs, autobiographies, oral
histories and unpublished--and until now unexamined--primary source materials from cities across the country, he
provides us with a warm and eloquent portrait of these children, their families, their daily lives, their fears,
and their dreams.
Illustrated with 68 photographs from the period, many never before published, Children of the City offers
a vibrant protrait of a time when our cities and our grandparents were young.