New York State : peoples, places, and priorities: a concise history with sources

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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introducing New York State; Place and Perceptions; Introducing This Book; Resources; 2 Borderlands: Pre-History to the 1690s; Introduction; Iroquoia; New Netherland; New Netherland's Workers; Peter Stuyvesant; Leisler's Rebellion; Resources; 3 From Colony to State: 1690-1790; Introduction; Colonial Rumblings; The Problem of Slavery; The French and Indian War; The Stamp Act Crisis; The American Revolution; George Clinton; Resources; 4 The Empire State: 1790-1830; Introduction; Expansion; The War of 1812 The Erie CanalPolitical Metamorphosis; The Burned-Over District; The Catskills; Resources; 5 The Maturing State: 1830-65; Introduction; Strikers, Locofocos and Anti-Renters; William H. Seward; Gerrit Smith; Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; Resources; 6 The Booming State: 1865-1900; Introduction; Immigration; Robber Barons; Factories and Farms; Political Bosses; Leisure; Resources; 7 The Progressive State: 1900-28; Introduction; From Charles Evans Hughes to Alfred E. Smith; Frances Perkins; Dynamic Cities; Prohibition; Resources; 8 The Activist State: 1929-54; Introduction Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert H. LehmanWorkers Unionize; Dairy Farmers Mobilize; Fiorello H. La Guardia; Robert Moses and Thomas E. Dewey; Suburbanization and Levittown; Resources; 9 The Stressed State: 1954-75; Introduction; The St. Lawrence Seaway and Buffalo; Storm King Mountain; Civil Rights; Nelson A. Rockefeller; Resources; 10 The Resilient State: 1975-2014; Introduction; Restructuring the Economy; The New Immigration; From Mario Cuomo to Andrew Cuomo; Environmental Justice; The Two New Yorks; Resources; Appendix; New York State Seal; New York City Seal; Governors, 1777-2015 State Population, 1790-2010County Populations, 2010; Largest Metropolitan Areas, 2010; Index