The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 (Oxford History of the United States)

by Richard White

After the Civil War the sheer magnitude of urban growth overwhelmed New York and other organic cities. New York’s population in 1860 was 813,669; in 1890 it was 1,515,301, while neighboring Brooklyn grew from 266,661 to 806,343.