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Immediately after World War II, New York City became known as one of the world's greatest cities. [1] However, after peaking in population in 1950, the city began to feel the effects of suburbanization brought about by new housing communities such as Levittown, a downturn in industry and commerce as businesses left for places where it was cheaper and easier to operate, an increase in crime ...
The large Black migration to New York City helped cause the Harlem Renaissance, a rich cultural period for the African Americans living in New York (especially in Harlem neighborhood, the namesake) between the end of World War I and the Great Depression. New York's Hispanic population increased by almost twenty times between 1940 and 2010 ...
The Almanac of New York City (2008) Jaffe, Steven H. New York at War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham (2012) Excerpt and text search; Kessner, Thomas. Fiorello H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York (1989) the most detailed standard scholarly biography online; Lankevich, George J. New York City: A Short History (2002)
By 1917, New York was funding the world war efforts of Britain, France and for other Allies. By the 1920s, New York had surpassed London as a world banking center. The New York Stock Exchange was the national focus of wealth making and speculation until its shares suddenly collapsed late in 1929, setting off the worldwide Great Depression. [90]
The Irish Brigade in the Civil War: the 69th New York and other Irish regiments of the Army of the Potomac (1998). Burrows, Edwin G., and Mike Wallace. Gotham: a history of New York City to 1898 (Oxford University Press, 1998). Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. The Encyclopedia of New York City (Yale University Press, 2nd ed. 2010) Jaffe, Steven H.
(The Center Square) — New York's population could decline by more than 2 million people over the next 25 years as fewer people are born in the state and more people move out, according to a new ...
Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn homeland for the Big Apple will be eligible to get relief under a new $2.1 million outlay Mayor Adams announced Friday. The cash will pay for legal services ...
The history of New York City (1665–1783) began with the establishment of English rule over Dutch New Amsterdam and New Netherland.As the newly renamed City of New York and surrounding areas developed, there was a growing independent feeling among some, but the area was divided in its loyalties.