{"product_id":"new-york-state-yesterday-and-today","title":"New York State: Yesterday and Today","description":"xx, 444 pp.  Maps, photographs, and historical illustrations throughout. CONTENTS: Part I. The Indians and the White Man Meet in What is Now New York: When New York was the Home of the Red Men; The Indians Who Lived in New York; The First White Men Visit New York; New Netherland is Founded; New Amsterdam in the Days of Peter Stuyvesant; Part II. The Conflict for an American Empire: The English Take New Netherland; New York Becomes an English Colony; The Fight for Self-Government in Colonial New York; Communication and Trade in Colonial New York; The French Challenge English Control in New York; War Between the French and English in America; The French and Indian War; Part III. Independence is Won and New York Becomes a State: The Causes of the Revolutionary War in New York; New York, an Important Battlefield of the War; New York at the Close of the Revolution; New York State and the Federal Constitution; Part IV. The Making of the Empire State: The Westward March; The Building of Turnpikes Encourages Trade and New Settlers; The Leadership of DeWitt Clinton and the Building of the Erie Canal; Prosperous Days in New York; The Life of a Farm Boy in New York; The Growth of Railroads and the Factory System Contribute to Industrial Progress; Art, Literature, and the Movement for Social Reform; Part V. A New Age and a Changing State: The Application of Science to Industry; New York in the Power Age; How Our State is Governed; Education for a New Age; From Roosevelt Field to Buffalo by Airplane; Bibliography; Index.","brand":"Charles Scribner’s Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40166690226246,"sku":"2326633","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2326633.jpg?v=1658012637","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/new-york-state-yesterday-and-today","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}