New York City : a short history /

Lankevich, George J., 1939-

New York City : a short history / George J. Lankevich - New York : New York University Press, 2002 - xii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Originally published as: American metropolis : a history of New York City


New Amsterdam becomes New York
An English town becomes an American city
National capital city
Building a modern city
The age of the bosses
America's first metropolis
Governing the world's greatest city
The La Guardia era
The long slide
Disaster and rebirth
Contemporary New York


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