Frontispiece. “They Don’t Grow in Manhattan” (cartoon by Nelson Harding, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 29, 1908).

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Blumin, Stuart M., author. | Altschuler, Glenn C., author.

Title: The rise and fall of Protestant Brooklyn : an American story / Stuart M. Blumin, Glenn C. Altschuler.

Description: Ithaca [New York] : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021052025 (print) | LCCN 2021052026 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501765513 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501765520 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501765537 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Protestantism—New York (State)—New York—History—19th century. | Protestantism—New York (State)—New York—History—20th century. | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)—History—19th century. | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)—History—20th century. | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)—Emigration and immigration—Social aspects.

Classification: LCC F129.B7 A48 2022 (print) | LCC F129.B7 (ebook) | DDC 974.7/23—dc23/eng/20211026

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021052025

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021052026

Cover image: The Williamsburg Bridge, ca. 1915. Detail adapted from New York: The Wonder City (New York: American Art Publishing Co., 1915).