CITIZENSHIP:citizenship of an individual (us/foreign or specific country of citizenship) – NewYorkScapes

Immigrant Second Generation in Metropolitan New York

Andrew Zuliani — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:37:45 +0000

This dataset pertains to individuals between the ages of 18 and 32, from immigrant families, and residing in New York city and a selection of surrounding areas. It examines the success or complication of assimilation of immigrants and children from families that immigrated from a number of countries including the former Soviet Union, Taiwan, Ecuador, Peru, and the West Indies.

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Racial Attitudes in Fifteen American Cities, 1968

Andrew Zuliani — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:31:48 +0000

To summarize: This study explores attitudes and perceptions related to urban problems and race relations in 15 northern cities of the United States (Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Gary, Milwaukee, Newark, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Washington, DC). More specifically, it seeks to define the social and psychological…

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Tax and Census Records, New York City, 1789-1790 and 1810

Nicholas Wolf — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:23:30 +0000

The objective of this data collection was to examine inequalities of wealth and the geographic distribution of wealthy individuals in late 18th- and early 19th-century New York and to investigate wealth in relationship to occupation and location. For this study, the entire set of tax assessment records and United States Census records for New York City were computerized and occupational status was added for all entries. The collection addresses topics such as social class structure, demographic factors, occupational status and geographic distribution, property values and geographic distribution, and the relationship of these factors to the political system. Units of analysis were individual property owners and renters for the tax assessment data and heads of households for the census data. Data collected included the individual's name, address, occupation, sex, and race, the type, quantity, and value of real and personal property, and the type and occupancy of the structure at the address. Occupational data from city directories were used to supplement the tax and census data.

Strangers in the West Source Material

Nicholas Wolf — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:21:30 +0000

This data consists of the supporting material for the book Strangers in the West: The Syrian Colony of New York City, 1880-1900 (New York, 2015), and consists of persons microdata from census sources on New York City residents from the last decades of the nineteenth century. In additional to primary persons information, the data contain names and relationships of others in the household.

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