Social Structure and Urban Growth: New York City, 1784-1815

FAIN: RT-10134-76

CUNY Research Foundation, York College (Jamaica, NY 11451-0001)
Edmund P. Willis (Project Director: January 1976 to present)

To create a socioeconomic census for New York City for the years 1789- 90 and 1810. The census will combine tax assessment records, federa1 census, and city directories. The study will provide fresh and unavailable data on New York's socio-economic development, the process of the city's urbanization, and the socio-economic influences on its political process in this important period in the city's history.