Lights And Shadows Of New York Life

Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City is a book by James Dabney McCabe. It depicts life in 19th century NYC in vibrant and extensive manner.

"Piecing together various historical fragments and anecdotes from the years before Chinatown emerged in the late 1870s, historian John Kuo Wei Tchen redraws Manhattan's historical landscape and broadens our understanding of the role of port cultures in the making of American identities."--BOOK JACKET.

'Street Scenes' focuses on the intersection of modern city life and stage performance. From street life and slumming to vaudeville and early cinema, to Yiddish theatre and blackface comedy, Romeyn discloses racial comedy, passing, and masquerade as gestures of cultural translation.