New York City in 1873: Its Social Indicators of a Growing American Culture

Abstract

The City of New York has been America's front door since the Dutch first settled in the early 1600's. It is the place that precipated a new culture ans a place where that culture still evolves. The fact that America has a distinct culture is a phenomenom due to its vast assembling of many ethnicities and cultures of the world….The Civil War affected all aspects of American life and by looking at the social indicators and key figures in New York City 1873, one can get a sense of the dramatic changes that occurred because of the war, and find shadows of our present day American culture.