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The Empire City - New York and Its People, 1624-1996 (Hardcover)
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The Empire City - New York and Its People, 1624-1996 (Hardcover)
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Total price: R2,344
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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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