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Empire City : New York through the centuries /

This major anthology brings together the best literary writing about New York--from O. Henry, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Steinbeck to Paul Auster and James Baldwin.

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Contributors: Jackson, Kenneth T., Dunbar, David S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002.
Subjects and Genres:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
American literature > New York (State) > New York.
Littérature américaine > New York (État) > New York.
American literature.
Travel.
Geschichte
Literatur
New York > NY, Motiv
Littérature américaine > New York (State) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > Sources.
New York (N.Y.) > Descriptions et voyages.
New York (N.Y.) > History > Sources.
New York (N.Y.) > Description and travel.
New York (N.Y.) > Literary collections.
New York (N.Y.) > Description and travel > Sources.
New York (N.Y.) > Descriptions et voyages > Sources.
New York (N.Y.) > Anthologies.
New York (State) > New York.
New York, NY.
Anthologie.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Quelle.
Literature.
History.
Literary collections.
Sources.
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Table of Contents:
  • Colonial Period (1624-1783)
  • Account of Henry Hudson's Voyage in 1609, (1611) /
  • Emanuel van Meteren
  • New Amsterdam, Frontier Trading Post, from Historisch Verhael, (1626) /
  • Nicolaes van Wassenaer
  • Letter of the Eight Men to the States-General of the United Netherlands Provinces Regarding the Fear in New Amsterdam of the Indians During the Wars of 1643-1645 (1643)
  • The Representation of New Netherland, 1650 /
  • Adriaen van der Donck
  • Exclusion of Jews from Military Service in New Amsterdam, (1655) /
  • The Burgher Council
  • Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of the Town of Flushing (1657)
  • Description of the Towne of Mannadens, (1661)
  • Mercantilist Ideas, from England's Treasure by Forraign Trade, (1664) /
  • Thomas Mun
  • Prosperity in New York, from A Brief Description of New York, (1670) /
  • Daniel Denton
  • True Copy of Articles Whereupon ... The New Netherlands Were Surrendered (January 1674)
  • The Demand for English Liberties in New York: The Charter of Liberties and Privileges (October 30, 1683)
  • Leisler's Rebellion: Benjamin Blagge's Memorial, from The Documentary History of the State of New-York, (1689) /
  • Benjamin Blagge
  • Contract of an Indentured Apprentice (October 2, 1718)
  • From the New York Weekly Journal (March 11, 1733)
  • Andrew Hamilton's Defense, from A Brief Narrative of Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger (1736)
  • The Great Negro Plot of 1741, from The New York Conspiracy, (1741) /
  • Daniel Horsmanden
  • The Trial of John Ury, from The New York Conspiracy, (1741) /
  • Daniel Horsmanden.

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