Seeing New York: History Walks for Armchair and Footloose Travelers

Starting with the American Indian settlements and the early days when the southern-most tip of Manhattan held little more than a bleak outpost of Dutch fur traders, this title tracks the economic development and journeys north, from the Village's beginnings as a refuge from dreaded summer fevers to the Dominican enclave of Washington Heights.

Zusammenfassung

Starting with the American Indian settlements and the early days when the southern-most tip of Manhattan held little more than a bleak outpost of Dutch fur traders, this title tracks the economic development and journeys north, from the Village's beginnings as a refuge from dreaded summer fevers to the Dominican enclave of Washington Heights.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Hope Cooke
• Verlag: Temple University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.03.1995
• EAN: 9781566392891
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-289-1
• Seiten: 416
• Abmessung: 154 mm x 229 mm x 29 mm
• Gewicht: 644 g
• Serien: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series; Critical Perspectives on the P
• Themen: Reise > Reiseführer > Nord- und Mittelamerika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges