97 Orchard Street: The Biography of a Tenement.

Shenton, James

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Publication Date: 1990

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97 Orchard Street: The Biography of a Tenement.

Shenton, James

OAH Magazine of History, v5 n2 p72-78 Fall 1990

Recommends using U.S. Bureau of the Census data as historical research resource and illustrates how to use data through analysis of tenement residents in New York City, at 97 Orchard Street. Census records provide information that allow an analysis of the changing social demographics of occupancy in large city tenements. Includes primary documents and questions for classroom discussion. (NL)

Descriptors: Biographies, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Origins, Historiography, Human Geography, Immigrants, Life Style, Local History, Research Tools, Secondary Education, Slums, Social History, Social Mobility, Social Status, Social Studies, United States History, Urban Studies, Urbanization

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Language: English

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