3 The High-Class Origin of the Potato Chip (1850)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Introduction: Made in New York 1
5. 1 The Dry Cleaner and the Abolitionist (1821) 5
6. 2 A Diamond Is Forever: Devising the Rules of Baseball (1845) 11
7. 3 The High-Class Origin of the Potato Chip (1850) 17
8. 4 Going Up: The Elevator Makes New York Skyscrapers Possible (1854 22
9. 5 The Submarine Paid For by Irish Rebels (1881) 28
10. 6 The First Roller Coaster (1884) 35
11. 7 Photography’s Kodak Moment (1887) 41
12. 8 The Machinery of Democracy (1892) 48
13. 9 Tesla Invents the Remote Control (1898) 55
14. 10 The Cool Machine (1902) 64
15. 11 The Teddy Bear Is Born in Brooklyn (1902) 71
16. 12 The Teenage Debutante Who Let Women Breathe Easier (1910) 77
17. 13 The Man Who Streamlined America (1934) 84
18. 14 Scrabble Games the World (1938) 91
19. 15 The Invisible Woman Makes Gone with the Wind a Hit Movie (1939) 97
20. 16 Batman Is Born in the Bronx (1939) 102
21. 17 The Bloodmobile Drives to War (1940) 109
22. 18 The Atomic Woman (1945) 115
23. 19 The LP Makes Vinyl a Hit Record (1948) 122
24. 20 How to Mend a Broken Heart (1960) 128
25. 21 New York Traffic Inspires the Maglev Train (1966) 134
26. 22 A Queens Nurse Invents the Security Camera (1966) 141
27. 23 Break This: The Birth of Hip-Hop (1973) 145
28. 24 The Body Scanner (1977) 151
29. 25 Solar Lights Up the Dangerous Dark (2015) 158
30. Index 163