Titre et auteur:

Empire City : New York through the centuries / edited by Kenneth T. Jackson and David S. Dunbar.

Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]
©2002

Description:

xx, 994 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
"A Giniger book."
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [977]-982) and index.
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.

Résumé:

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.

Ressources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Kostenfrei
Table of contents
Klappentext
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ISBN:

0231109083 (cloth)
9780231109086 (cloth)
0231109091
9780231109093

Sujet:

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
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

Classification/genre:

Anthologie.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Quelle.
Literature
History
Literary collections
Sources
Littérature.

Vedettes secondaires:

Jackson, Kenneth T.
Dunbar, David S.

New York through the centuries

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 224813
Cote: F128 .E47 2002
Statut: Disponible