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The Encyclopedia of New York City

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Description for The Encyclopedia of New York City Hardback. Covering a range of information about the five boroughs, this title includes 800 entries that help complete the story of New York: from Air Train to E-ZPass, from September 11 to public order. Editor(s): Jackson, Kenneth T.; Keller, Professor Lisa; Flood, Nancy. Num Pages: 601 pages, 752 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GBC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 222 x 62. Weight in Grams: 3450.

A newly updated, expanded edition of the most comprehensive one-volume reference work on New York City ever compiled

Covering an exhaustive range of information about Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, the first edition of The Encyclopedia of New York City was a success by every measure, earning worldwide acclaim and several awards for reference excellence, and selling out its first printing before it was officially published.

But much has changed since the volume first appeared in 1995: the World Trade Center no longer dominates the skyline, a billionaire businessman became an unlikely three-term mayor, and urban regeneration—Chelsea ... Read more

The revised edition includes 800 new entries that help complete the story of New York: from Air Train to E-ZPass, from September 11 to public order. The new material includes broader coverage of subject areas previously underserved as well as new maps and illustrations. Virtually all existing entries—spanning architecture, politics, business, sports, the arts, and more—have been updated to reflect the impact of the past two decades.

The more than 5,000 alphabetical entries and 700 illustrations of the second edition of The Encyclopedia of New York Cityconvey the richness and diversity of its subject in great breadth and detail, and will continue to serve as an indispensable tool for everyone who has even a passing interest in the American metropolis.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
601
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1584
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300114652
SKU
V9780300114652
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Kenneth T Jackson
Kenneth T. Jackson is the Jacques Barzun Professor of History at Columbia University, where he has chaired the Department of History.  The author of the prize-winning Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States, he has taught New York City history for four decades. He is  general editor of the Columbia History of Urban Life and a former  president of ... Read more

Reviews for The Encyclopedia of New York City
"The second edition is a window into how much New York City has changed in recent years."—Deepti Hajela, AP "This updated edition of the Encyclopedia, first published 15 years ago, is more than simply a 1,561-page crib book for trivia addicts. It's a heroic compendium of the achievements and follies of the millions of strivers who've toiled in New ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Encyclopedia of New York City


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