num_pages: 416
description: 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.
language: English
title: Seeing New York: History Walks for Armchair and Footloose Travelers
titlecomplete: Seeing New York: History Walks for Armchair and Footloose Travelers (Critical Perspectives On The P)
ratings_count: 3
series: Critical Perspectives on the Past
publisher: Temple University Press