Roosevelt New York

A Sketch of the City’s Social, Political, and Commercial Progress from the First Dutch Settlement to Recent Times
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4384-9240-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: New York Classics

A classic work on the history of New York City written by one of America's greatest politicians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roosevelt, Theodore

Weitere Mitwirkende

Tilchin, William N.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

New Introduction
William N. Tilchin

NEW YORK: A Sketch of the City’s Social, Political, and Commercial Progress from the First Dutch Settlement to Recent Times

Preface
Contents

1. Discovery and First Settlement. 1609–1626

2. The Dutch Town Under the First Three Directors. 1626–1647

3. Stuyvesant and the End of Dutch Rule. 1647–1664

4. New Amsterdam Becomes New York. The Beginning of English Rule. 1664–1674

5. New York Under the Stuarts. 1674–1688

6. The Usurpation of Leisler. 1689–1691

7. The Growth of the Colonial Seaport. 1691–1720

8. The Closing of the Colonial Period. 1720–1764

9. The Unrest before the Revolution. 1764–1774

10. The Revolutionary War. 1775–1783

11. The Federalist City. 1783–1800

12. The Beginning of Democratic Rule. 1801–1821

13. The Growth of the Commercial and Democratic City. 1821–1860

14. Recent History. 1860–1890

Postscript

Über Autor(innen)

William N. Tilchin was a full-time history professor at Boston University from 1994 to 2020. He is the author of Theodore Roosevelt and the British Empire: A Study in Presidential Statecraft. He is also the editor of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal.