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This is a very good post, but it's a Thing for me, so I hope nobody minds if I go on a bit.

"The Irish and Italians used to not be considered white" is a really useful way of putting it because our modern (American) paradigm collapses ethnicity and race. Americans have a hard time taking the idea of real prejudice against ethnicities within the same racial group seriously, particularly among white ethnicities, so to drive the point home we say that they "weren't considered white", a form of prejudice that we do generally take seriously.

But they were still considered white. Before the Civil War, they could not be enslaved; under Jim Crow, they were not subject to segregation. Whiteness as a category in American history was not just about a mental hierarchy, but certain concrete legal rights.

The real issue is that white Protestants of English descent were culturally dominant, and inherited/developed a framework in which they were also inherently superior to Native Americans, to Black people, to the Chinese, to the Polish, the Jews, Italians, Irish, Greeks, Turks, Swedes, Spaniards ... The closer a group was to the WASP standard, the more acceptable it was, northern European Protestants particularly. The Scots-Irish were better than Irish Catholics, German Protestants were better than Polish Catholics, etc. (The religious angle is extremely important, and also gets treated as a kind of silly, superficial prejudice.) It's very clear in nineteenth and early twentieth century fiction and non-fiction that all subordinate groups were considered to have serious certain bad habits, immoralities, etc. by virtue of their birth or culture. They were stupid, they were overly sexual, they were treacherous.

This all ties in with the discourse over "no Irish need apply" signs. There were classified ads, almost always for female servants for families in wealthy neighborhoods, that included that kind of disclaimer or said "only Protestants" or something along those lines ... but it's critical to put them in context, and to realize that the reason they were worded that way is that the Irish, as proficient English-speakers with fair skin, were high enough in the ethnic hierarchy to even be in competition for jobs as housemaids and cooks in Murray Hill. (There were also tons of Irish domestic servants in middle-class households.)

A few good sources:

The Irish Way: Becoming American in the Multiethnic City, James R. Barrett (2012)

Nativism and Slavery: The Northern Know Nothings and the Politics of the 1850's, Tyler Anbinder (1992)

Polish Refugees and the Polish American Immigration and Relief Committee, Janusz Cisek (2006)

remember kids, the moral of "Irish and Italians weren't even considered White yet!" isn't "because in those times people were so ignorant they didn't think the Irish were white". the moral is "because white is an unreal category created to justify slavery and ongoing hoarding of power and wealth". It's not that you know better about Italians. It's that the boundaries of the higher caste have changed.

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Books Read in 2023

Before I say anything else, this list does not include ebooks, comics, or fanfiction. While those are all valid forms of reading and I love them all (never let anyone tell you that listening to an audiobook isn't really reading!), I just didn't happen to record them. Most of these are books I checked out from my local library. I love libraries, and encourage anyone who wants to read a book but is low on money or unsure how much they will actually like it to check if their library system has it. Libraries also provide far more than just books, like movies, magazines, music, online subscriptions, research tools, etc. In case you can't tell, I love libraries.

I know reading can be a challenge for some people, but I've never wanted to become someone who reads less than a book per year. Some of these books I loved, some I did not. Some books were by the same author, and I did not enjoy them all equally, but I DID enjoy them enough to read them through before returning them. Some I picked up because I read the author before or were recommended to me, and some I liked the title or cover. Regardless, I met my goal of averaging two books per month.

These books are listed in the order I completed them this year, so fiction and nonfiction are mixed together.

A Treacherous Curse, Deanna Raybourne

Tracers in the Dark, Andy Greenburg

Sully, Chelsey B. "Sully" Sullenburger III with Jeffrey Zaslow

The Shore Road Mystery, Franklin W. Dixon

The Thursday Murder Club, Richard Osman

All Things Wise and Wonderful, James Harriot

Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt

The Soviet Sisters, Anika Scott

The Man Who Died Twice, Richard Osman

Whose Body, Dorothy, L. Sayers

Run, Rose, Run, Dolly Parton and James Patterson

The Godmother, Barbie Latza Nadeau

The Bullet that Missed, Richard Osman

The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson

Brotherband: Return of the Temujai, John Flanagan

In the Garden of Beasts, Erik Larson

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything, Lydia Kang, M.D., and Nate Pedersen

City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York, Tyler Anbinder

Finlay Donovan is Killing It, Elle Cosimano

The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History, Margalit Fox

The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, Brandon Sanderson

Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead, Elle Cosimano

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun, Elle Cosimano

The Last Devil to Die, Richard Osman

Murder Your Employer, Rupert Holmes

Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer, Margalit Fox

To finish, something a librarian told me once that stayed with me is this: Every book has it's reader, and every reader has their book. You don't have to like or dislike a book just because someone else does. Find your books, and just enjoy them like mad!

Happy New Year!

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Join us on YouTube Live for a free virtual talk with Tyler Anbinder, author of  Five Points: The 19th Century New York City Neighborhood that Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became the World’s Most Notorious Slum. Tyler will be joined in conversation by Tenement Museum’s Director of Curatorial Affairs, Dave Favaloro.

Together, they will identify where exactly Five Points was and explore this microcosm of the American immigrant experience. The densely populated neighborhood is said to have witnessed more riots, scams, prostitution, and drunkenness than any other neighborhood in America. While at the same time, it brimmed with creative energy, home to theaters, dance halls, and boxing matches, and political clubs. Dave will delve into some of the museum’s stories with Tyler as they explore this unique neighborhood.

When: January 12, 2021, 7:00 – 8:00 pm ET

Where: https://youtu.be/RA9UjvTPUPI

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“Good #librarians are just the best thing a writer can have." ~Dr. Tyler Anbinder (J. Anthony Lukas Prize Winner) #CHCWGuests #LukasPrizes

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Happy Father’s Day!

We know dads can be tough to shop for, so we’ve put together some recommendations to help you find the perfect Father’s Day gift. This list is for anyone whose dad is a history buff, always on the lookout for a new perspective on the past. Doesn’t sound like your old man? Check out all of our recommendations here.

CATTLE KINGDOM by Christopher Knowlton – A rich and endlessly surprising new account of the rise and demise of the open range cattle era, revealing how that moment created the institutions and myths in whose shadows we still live.

BLITZED by Norman Ohler – Think your dad’s read everything there is to read about WWII? Think again. This fast-paced narrative discovers a surprising perspective on the period: Nazi Germany’s all-consuming reliance on drugs.

THE BLACK HAND by Stephan Talty – Perfect for any fans of The Godfather, THE BLACK HAND tells the gripping true story of the origins of the mafia in America—and the brilliant Italian-born detective who gave his life to stop it.

THE OTHER SLAVERY by Andrés Reséndez – This National Book Award finalist explores an area of forgotten history, the enslavement of tens of thousands of Indians across America, from the time of the conquistadors up to the early twentieth century.

THE DEFENDER by Ethan Michaeli – Veteran reporter Ethan Michaeli tells the story of Chicago’s iconic black newspaper, the family and the journalists who made it great, and the hidden history of black America in the twentieth century. 

CITY OF DREAMS by Tyler Anbinder – An inspiring and defining account of New York City's famous and forgotten immigrants.

SPAIN IN OUR HEARTS by Adam Hochschild –  A sweeping history of the Spanish Civil War told through a dozen unforgettable characters: a tale of idealism, suffering, and a tragically doomed yet noble cause.

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Books Read/Reread, January/February 2021

Claudia Rankine, Just Us Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train Anne Carson, Grief Lessons*  Rachel Cusk, Outline Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping* Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad* Janet Malcolm, Forty-One False Starts Jill Lepore, New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan Sarmishta Subramanian (ed.), The Best Canadian Essays 2020 Joanne B. Freeman, The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to the Civil War Scott Peeples, The Man of the Crowd: Edgar Allan Poe and the City Nancy Lusignan Schultz, Fire and Roses: The Burning of the Charlestown Convent, 1834 Luc Boltanski, Mysteries and Conspiracies Frances Yates, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment Fleur Jaggy, Three Possible Lives* Kristen Gallerneaux, High State Dead Lines: Sonic Spectres and the Object Hereafter Henry Mayer, All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery Tyler Anbinder: Nativism and Slavery: The Northern Know Nothings and the Politics of the 1850s John Dickie, The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Ron Chernow: Washington: A Life John Niven, Salmon P. Chase: A Biography Peter P. Hinks & Stephen Kantrowitz, All Men Free and Brethren: Essays on the History of African American Freemasonry Benjamin Radford, Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore Paul Boyer, When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture Susan Sontag, Against Interpretation Susan Sontag, Styles of Radical Will* Susan Sontag, Illness as Metaphor* Susan Sontag, On Photography* Susan Sontag, Under the Sign of Saturn Susan Sontag, AIDS and Its Metaphors* Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others*

* = reread 

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NYC Public Library - Favorite NYC History Books

The NYPL Milstein Division of United States History, Local History & Genealogy recommends our favorite, most readable, most memorable New York City nonfiction. These are the true stories of New York that engaged us, that intrigued us, and that we thought you might like to read as well.

97 Orchard: An Edible History Of Five Immigrant Families In One New York Tenement

Jane Ziegelman

Explores the culinary life that was the heart and soul of New York’s Lower East Side around the turn of the twentieth century—a city within a city, where Germans, Irish, Italians, and Eastern European Jews attempted to forge a new life. Through the experiences of five families, all of them residents of 97 Orchard Street, she takes readers on a vivid and unforgettable tour, from impossibly cramped tenement apartments down dimly lit stairwells where children played and neighbors socialized, beyond the front stoops where immigrant housewives found respite and company, and out into the hubbub of the dirty, teeming streets.

Staff says: “Food history and New York seamlessly woven together in a easy-to-read yet meticulously well researched book. I learned not only about the foods that certain immigrants ate, but how this changed over time, how Americans viewed ‘foreign’ cuisines over many different eras, and how this was a description of New York history and not just a reflection of imported appetites.”

American Passage: The History Of Ellis Island

Vincent J. Cannato

A chronicle of the landmark port of entry’s history documents its role as an execution site, immigration post, and deportation center that was profoundly shaped by evolving politics and ideologies.

Staff says: “The history of the island and the immigration station, and also of immigration policies in NY and the US. This book is well researched, scholarly and a very easy read. If you only read one book on Ellis Island, then this is it!”

The Battle For New York: The City At The Heart Of The American Revolution

Barnet Schecter

Provides a dramatic account of the seminal role played by New York City during the American Revolution, from its September 1776 fall to the British under General William Howe, through years of occupation, and beyond, interweaving illuminating profiles of the individuals on both sides of the conflict with a study of the cultural, political, social, and economic events of the eighteenth century.

Staff says:“It sticks in the mind, especially for the quality of the research and the tour of today’s New York in light of the events of history.”

The Big Oyster: History On The Half Shell

Mark Kurlansky

For centuries New York was famous for its oysters, which until the early 1900s played such a dominant a role in the city’s economy, gastronomy, and ecology that the abundant bivalves were Gotham’s most celebrated export, a staple food for the wealthy, the poor, and tourists alike, and the primary natural defense against pollution for the city’s congested waterways.

Staff says: “Lots of good NYC history in there along with the fascinating world of food history and bivalve science.”

Dark Harbor: The War For The New York Waterfront

Nathan Ward

Traces the historical influence of the Mafia on New York’s waterfront, drawing on the investigative series of New York Sun reporter Malcolm “Mike” Johnson into the region’s racketeering, violent territorial disputes, and union corruption.

Staff says: “The real story behind the film On the Waterfront. I also get annoyed when films are historically inaccurate for the sake of plot, ending, etc when the truth is probably just as exciting: see Bridge On The River Kwai. Well researched, and exciting.”

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story Of The Building Of The Brooklyn Bridge

David McCullough

Evaluates the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge as the greatest engineering triumph of its time, citing the pivotal contributions of chief engineer Washington Roebling and the technical problems and political corruption that challenged the project.

Staff says: “A favorite that everyone knows for good reason!”

Eat The City: A Tale Of The Fishers, Trappers, Hunters, Foragers, Slaughterers, Butchers, Farmers, Poultry Minders, Sugar Refiners, Cane Cutters, Beekeepers, Winemakers, And Brewers Who Built New York

Robin Shulman

Traces the experiences of New Yorkers who grow and produce food in bustling city environments, placing urban food production in a context of hundreds of years of history to explain the changing abilities of cities to feed people.

Staff says: “This interesting collection of micro histories tells the story of such New York food industries as beekeeping, fishing, urban farming, brewing, winemaking, and butchering. The author profiles people currently involved in each industry and then traces the origin, rise, usual fall, and then resurgence of that field. It was fascinating to learn about the methods of the different food industries within the unique environment of New York City.”

Five Points: The 19th-Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, And Became The World’s Most Notorious Slum

Tyler Anbinder

Details the notorious neighborhood that was once filled with gaming dens, bordellos, dirty streets, and tenements, that welcomed such visitors as Charles Dickens and Abraham Lincoln, and brings to light the hidden world that existed beneath the squalor—a world that invented tap dancing and hosted the prize-fight of the century.

Staff says: “An accessible and broad work looking at the notorious downtown slum’s population and sociology.”

The Island at the Center of the World: the Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America

Russell Shorto

A history of the Dutch role in the establishment of Manhattan discusses the rivalry between England and the Dutch Republic, focusing on the power struggle between Holland governor Peter Stuyvesant and politician Adriaen van der Donck that shaped New York’s culture and social freedoms.

Staff says: “The book is well-researched, the stories are well-told, and it will flesh out that point of history that most people only remember as song lyrics: 'Even old New York was once New Amsterdam…’”

Just Kids

Patti Smith

In this memoir, singer-songwriter Patti Smith shares tales of New York City: the denizens of Max’s Kansas City, the Hotel Chelsea, Scribner’s, Brentano’s and Strand bookstores and her new life in Brooklyn with a young man named Robert Mapplethorpe—the man who changed her life with his love, friendship, and genius.

Staff says: “I rather enjoyed the descriptions of Patti and Robert are discovering New York, especially Brooklyn, together. She writes prose like a poet, with detail and care and without an overabundance of imprecise words.”

Ladies And Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, And The Battle For The Soul Of A City

Jonathan Mahler

A kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City in 1977, The Bronx Is Burning is the story of two epic battles: the fight between Yankee Reggie Jackson and team manager Billy Martin, and the battle between Mario Cuomo and Ed Koch for the city’s mayorship. Buried beneath these parallel conflicts—one for the soul of baseball, the other for the soul of the city—was the subtext of race.

Staff says: “During the 1977 World Series, Howard Cosell really did say "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is burning” as flames licked up in the distance from Yankee Stadium. 1977 was the crux of the “bad ol’ days” of New York City—white flight had taken its toll; unemployment was outrageous for everyone, but close to 80% for young blacks and hispanics; infrastructure was in disrepair; crime was outrageous. This was the New York that inspired movies like “Death Wish” and “The Warriors.” NYC had bottomed out in 1977 and this is the history of that fateful year.“

Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York

Luc Sante

Luc Sante’s Low Life is a portrait of America’s greatest city, the riotous and anarchic breeding ground of modernity. This is not the familiar saga of mansions, avenues, and robber barons, but the messy, turbulent, often murderous story of the city’s slums; the teeming streets—scene of innumerable cons and crimes whose cramped and overcrowded housing is still a prominent feature of the cityscape.

Staff says: "This book sparked an interest in shady urban histories for me. Now that I know a lot more about the city and the context of the time frame, I even read it again. Fun, even if sensationalistic.”

Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin people of New York

Evan T. Pritchard

A comprehensive and fascinating account of the graceful Algonquin civilization that once flourished in the area that is now New York.

Staff says: “New York history from the Native point of view, and it will make you confront every sentimental myth you may have heard before. Everyone should read it.”

The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

Deborah Blum

The story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. A pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime.

Staff says: “Absolutely fascinating. I was surprised when I found myself at the end already. Unlike a modern forensic science drama on TV, the chemistry is all there—yet still readable and interesting. The era (late 1910s-mid 1930s) and setting are both equally captivating. So many times I thought I knew something that I clearly didn"t. This book taught me tons and still read quickly like a mystery novel, only the mysteries were all actual cases and hence more interesting than usual literary invention.”

Up in the Old Hotel

Joseph Mitchell

Saloon-keepers and street preachers, gypsies and steel-walking Mohawks, a bearded lady and a 93-year-old “seafoodetarian” who believes his specialized diet will keep him alive for another two decades. These are among the people that Joseph Mitchell immortalized in his reportage for The New Yorker and in four books—McSorley’s Wonderful Saloon, Old Mr. Flood, The Bottom of the Harbor, and Joe Gould’s Secret—that are still renowned for their precise, respectful observation, their graveyard humor, and their offhand perfection of style.

Staff says: “Mitchell, in an incredibly vivid writing style, tells the tales of some of the people he met in NYC in the '20s - '50s. The people are the history of New York.”

Source: NYPL’s Favorite NYC History Books

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Last movie: Birds of Prey

Last book: Five Points: The 19th Century New York City Neighborhood that Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum by Tyler Anbinder. I love historical nonfiction.

Food I’m currently craving: Anything from Punjabi Deli, which is this amazing all-vegetarian 24-hour Indian deli on East Houston Street. Maybe one of their combo plates with rice, naan, spicy saag paneer, daal, and okra, or their potato samosas in chana masala and topped with tamarind sauce, cilantro-mint sauce, and yogurt.

Tagging: I’m socially awkward and nosy af, so if this looks fun then consider yourself tagged.

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How to Integrate Historical Research: A Personal Letter

So I was writing a letter back to a kindly acquaintance of mine who asked me about my research process, when suddenly I realized that more than one person might possibly want this information. And thusly and thereforth and herewith, here you are! I present it to the world at large. My handy dandy little guide to my research techniques, to do with as you please.

Hey there [REDACTED],

Apologies for my reply having taken so long, I'm up against [REDACTED BECAUSE I HOPE TO GOOD LORD I’LL BE UP AGAINST DIFFERENT THINGS ONE BRIGHT DAY BUT MEANWHILE HERE ARE SOME RESEARCH TOOLS].

Anyway, I'm pretty experienced at this, so do feel free to contact me about it. I begin with what I call macroscopic research--and let's use THE GODS OF GOTHAM as a reference here for the rest of the email. First I attacked all the non-fiction books I thought relevant, particularly more focused ones like EROS: CITY OF WOMEN and FIVE POINTS by Tyler Anbinder. I like to get a wider map in my hands before exploring the streets and poking under the dirty crates, if that makes sense? Get a good handle on the religion, politics, social shifts, mores, etc. Once you have read multiple works regarding the same time period that focus on different social perspectives, you'll start to have a much better handle on what people thought and felt and where the divisions lay. Obviously with our example, Irish immigration, female rights, dire poverty, and racial intolerance hovered around the top of my list of priorities.

After that, I do microscopic research, and that's the fun part. You can find this in any number of ways. To stick with our example, I read every page of the Herald newspaper for the year 1845 on microfilm--when Timothy is walking past a half-price medical leeches ad on the Bowery, he's really walking past a half-price medical leeches ad on the Bowery. Op-eds, advertisements, current events, all of it, the whole parade of daily news was invaluable. Diaries are also super rich in life and color, particularly in reflecting the ways people wrote and spoke.

Additionally, I always return to my macroscopic research materials and plunder their indexes: where did they get all this very authentic and academically documented information? Quite often I can find the original sources as easily as entering it into books.google, but even if the piece in question is tougher to track down and I need something like JSTOR, that's a fun treasure hunt. You'll find slang dictionaries for practically every era as well, because people have always been fascinated by the organic nature of language. You just need to do a little digging for them. I adore vintage restaurant menus and cookbooks particularly, when you're wanting to evoke taste and smell. Lyrics of popular music can be insightful. What would they hear as they walked down the street, what would they smell, what was the wind full of?

The important thing to remember about not going down the research rabbit hole is that the only information that TRULY matters at the end of the day is what evokes feelings in your protagonist. Please don't have the plucky young chambermaid clinging for her very life to the back of the carriage tell me when the bridge they're careening over was built, or by whom. She doesn't know, and she doesn't give a fuck. (Or if she does, and she wants to be an engineer, then I want to blurb this book.) Please don't have your conflicted tomboy secretly-female blacksmith apprentice tell me about her lady love's Parisian tailor, she doesn't know anything about Paris or tailoring. DO, however, have her daydream over the chemisette under milady's daringly plunging neckline. Because she’d be a real idiot not to.

Does this make sense? In Timothy's case, he's very brief about clothes and architecture, silent about sports and popular entertainment, detailed about social politics because he cares, and truly passionate about whether or not the City Hall Park fountain is functioning, because he and I both detest fountains that don't work.

Hope this helps, and rooting for you! [NOT REDACTED BECAUSE I’M DEFINITELY ROOTING FOR YOU]

Lyndsay

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Written By: Tyler Anbinder Narrated By: George Guidall Publisher: Recorded Books Date: October 2016 Duration: 24 hours 36 minutes

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Image from the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum and Allen County Public Library New York Values: How #Immigrants Made the City https://nyti.ms/2oaInia via @nytimes

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Just finished this well written, well researched, well documented, and agreeably written history of immigrant New York (City). The author, prof Tyler Anbinder, follows the immigration to the city all the way back from the Dutch, the English, the Irish and Germans, Eastern European Jews, Italians, Russians, Chinese, Latin Americans, Caribbeans, Koreans, South Asians and all other groups that have woven - and keep weaving - the fabric of this great city. He also uses the personal stories of many well-known and lesser known immigrants (including his own ancestors), as well as quite some statistics. A book well worth reading! #cityofdreams #tyleranbinder, #nyc #immigration (at Boise, Idaho) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiGqgeOJj1D/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Liked on YouTube: Book Talk: City of Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4UU7U_Y9X4

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-7d5c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Five Points streets intersection painted by George Catlin in 1827. Anthony Street veers off to the left, Orange Street is to the right, and Cross Street runs left to right in the foreground. The dilapidated tenement buildings to the left of Anthony Street were torn down in 1832 as far back as Little Water Street, and the vacant, triangular lot that was left became known as "Paradise Square".

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Points,_Manhattan#/media/File:The_Five_Points_MET_DP265419_altered.jpg)

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Sorry to jump in, but I have a few recs of my own, if that’s okay? These aren’t all Native-focused but they’re history-oriented and have given me a lot of grounding in the things that I didn’t ever learn in public school:

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent - this is one of the most informative books I’ve ever read, and highlights the coalition building between conservative, openly racist, and progressive factions to get alcohol outlawed in the US.

Five Points by Tyler Anbinder - a look at one of the poorest and most notorious neighborhoods in New York City, how it was stigmatized and stereotyped by upper-class New Yorkers, and what life was actually like there.

97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement by Jane Ziegelman - focusing on the different waves of immigration to New York City and how they assimilated or didn’t assimilate. This is where I first learned about the xenophobic origins of home economics classes.

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann - I haven’t finished this book yet but so far it’s incredibly good. There’s nothing here that I haven’t learned elsewhere, but that’s largely because the findings first presented in this book have largely become more accepted than they were originally (particularly population estimates and scholarship about Native civilization and land care). If you’ve got relatives or friends who want a good, well-sourced explanation of why white history is often incomplete, I can tentatively recommend this book as a starter

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed - a look at Sally Hemings’s family and their impact on American history and their lives as enslaved people. Highly recommended.

Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith - exactly what it says on the tin, but it’s an excellent (if dated - published 1999) look at anthropology from an indigenous perspective.

What're your favourite non fiction books? I love audiobooks and would love to find some good non fiction ones!

If you're looking for audiobooks, my absolute top favorites are Braiding Sweetgrass and Gathering Moss (two separate books) by Robin Wall Kimmerer, How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell, and Lessons from Plants by Beronda L Montgomery. The one I'm listening to now is "All The Real Indians Died Off" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker, but I'm not very far into it.

And it's not an audiobook, but if you're interested in ecology or indigenous issues or their intersection, I absolutely recommend the podcast Future Ecologies.