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by Selma Berrol

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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.

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  • Title The Empire City: New York and Its People, 1624-1996
  • Author Selma Berrol
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Printing
  • Pages 200
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Praeger, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1997-02-25
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
  • ISBN 9780275957957 / 0275957950
  • Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.56 x 6.42 x 0.72 in (24.28 x 16.31 x 1.83 cm)
  • 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
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects New York (N.Y.) - History, New York (N.Y.) - Social life and customs
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96027455
  • Dewey Decimal Code 974.71

About the author

SELMA BERROL is Professor Emerita at taruch College. A lifelong New Yorker, she is the author of five books, all of which deal with the immigrants, schools, and history of New York City.
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