| The Empire City: New York and Its People, 1624-1996 Contributor(s): Berrol, Selma (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275957950 ISBN-13: 9780275957957 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 1997 Annotation: There has always been a symbiotic relationship between New York City and the people who have settled there. This study traces the major developments on Manhattan Island, which began as a base for privateering, as it evolved into one of the world's great cities. At the same time, the author also describes the background, the adjustments that had to be made to the New World, and the contributions of the millions who chose to settle there. There are six chronological chapters, each discussing the groups who came in the years as covered by that chapter, the city as it was when they arrived, what they added to the city, and how life in New York enabled most to improve their lives. The Irish laborers who came in the middle of the 19th century, for example, contributed enormously to the building of a clean water system. The wages earned from this work allowed them to feed, house and clothe their families while enabling the city to avoid the frequent cholera epidemics that had devastated the city in earlier years. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) |
| Dewey: 974.71 |
| LCCN: 96027455 |
| Series: Greenwood Professional Guides in |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.42" W x 9.56" (0.92 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - New York |
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| Publisher Description: There has always been a symbiotic relationship between New York City and the people who have settled there. This study traces the major developments on Manhattan Island, which began as a base for privateering, as it evolved into one of the world's great cities. At the same time, the author also describes the background, the adjustments that had to be made to the New World, and the contributions of the millions who chose to settle there. There are six chronological chapters, each discussing the groups who came in the years as covered by that chapter, the city as it was when they arrived, what they added to the city, and how life in New York enabled most to improve their lives. The Irish laborers who came in the middle of the 19th century, for example, contributed enormously to the building of a clean water system. The wages earned from this work allowed them to feed, house and clothe their families while enabling the city to avoid the frequent cholera epidemics that had devastated the city in earlier years. |