Table of Contents

1.   Introduction
2.   Facts and Figures

2.1   1.1. Geography and Population
2.2   Climate
2.3   Transport

3.   History
4.   Developments during the 20th century

4.1   Economy

4.1.1   The Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression
4.1.2   The Prohibition

4.2   Background to the Interwar Period and its Problems
4.3   Culture

4.3.1   Music: From Jazz to Swing
4.3.2   Musicals and Opera
4.3.3   Art
4.3.4   Architecture
4.3.5   Sights

4.4   Literature

4.4.1   A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
4.4.2   The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald
4.4.3   Black Out by Jack Gregory
4.4.4   Hackers by David Bischoff
4.4.5   New York City from A Cab Driver's View by Clever da Silva

4.5   Politics

4.5.1   Immigration
4.5.2   The United Nation
4.5.3   New York City: Money and Influence

4.6   Some Prominent New Yorkers

5.   Recent changes in the face of New York

5.1   The Crime Scene
5.2   A New Isolationism?
5.3   Urban Blight

6.   The future New York
7.   Personal Experiences
8.   Bibliography
9.   Progress Report and Consultation