New York: An Illustrated History

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AuthorAdes, Lisa,Sanders, James,Burns, Ric
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
Bindinghardcover
PublishedNovember 2, 1999
EditionFirst Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages592
ISBN-100679454829
ISBN-139780679454823
Weight5.1 lb
Dimensions
H × W × L
1.7 in × 8.5 in × 11.4 in

New York: An Illustrated History

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A Companion Volume To The Pbs Television Series. Introduction : City Of Desire -- The Country And The City, 1609-1825 -- Alexander Hamilton, The New Yorker With A National Vision / Carol Berkin -- Order And Disorder, 1825-1865 -- The Locomotive Of These United States / Mike Wallace -- Sunshine And Shadow, 1865-1898 -- The Secrets Of The Great City / Daniel Czitrom -- The Power And The People, 1898-1919 -- Where The Modern World Took Shape, 1898-1929 / Kenneth...

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A Companion Volume To The Pbs Television Series. Introduction : City Of Desire -- The Country And The City, 1609-1825 -- Alexander Hamilton, The New Yorker With A National Vision / Carol Berkin -- Order And Disorder, 1825-1865 -- The Locomotive Of These United States / Mike Wallace -- Sunshine And Shadow, 1865-1898 -- The Secrets Of The Great City / Daniel Czitrom -- The Power And The People, 1898-1919 -- Where The Modern World Took Shape, 1898-1929 / Kenneth T. Jackson -- Cosmopolis, 1919-1931 -- Harlem Renaissance / Interview With David Levering Lewis -- Cosmopolitan Capital : New York In The 1920s / Interview With Robert A.m. Stern -- The City Of Tomorrow, 1931-1939 -- Robert Moses : The Power Broker / Interview With Robert A. Caro -- The City And The World, 1939-1969 -- The Lonely Crowd : New York After The War / Marshall Berman -- Trauma, Apocalypse, Boom, Aftermath : New York City In The Last Twenty-five Years / Phillip Lopate -- Epilogue : City Of The Millennium. Narrative By Ric Burns And James Sanders ; Picture Editor, Lisa Ades. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 556-560) And Index.


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