The city, in all its confounding glory, is the subject of Kenneth T. Jackson and David S. Dunbar's anthology, Empire City. New Yorker A rich harvest of wide-ranging writings about New York City. Library Journal A huge-but readable-collection of nearly 400 years of writing about New York. New York Magazine The sheer amount of out-of-the-way text and lore among these ... Read more158 pieces is worth the price of admission; the city comes alive through the texts it has produced. Publishers Weekly Fine... a well-wrought anthology.
Fred Siegel New York Sun This volume is an anthology to be savored...Empire City is a treat for anyone who is interested in New York.
Barbara Blumberg The Historian A monumental documentary history of New York City... These documents illustrate much of the American experience beyond the five boroughs. This collection is of value to anyone who seeks to add eyewitness understanding to his or her perception of the development and growth of the United States.
John A. Grigg New York History [Kenneth Jackson and David Dunbar's] excellent anthology of New York writings.
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