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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Hardcover, 1350 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300055366
Release Date: Jan 9, 1995
Average Reader Review:   (Based on 2 reviews.)
| |  | | | In Brief
This volume contains some 4,000 entries. The five boroughs that comprise New York City, the city's "neighborhoods, and various ethnic and religiousgroups each get individual articles. . . . Longer articles (a page or more) cover such subjects as the alternative press, saloons, histories of the city, slavery, theater, architecture, science, communism, and cosmetics. . . . There are biographies for Captain Kidd, William Kunstler, and Donna Karan. . . . Items of 'New Yorkiana' get their entries: automats, bagels and egg creams, cockroaches, and graffiti." (Booklist) Bibliography. Index.
| | | | From The Publisher
Everything you've ever wanted to know about the nation's most fascinating city is now available in this authoritative and entertaining one-volume encyclopedia. The only comprehensive reference work on New York City ever compiled, it covers subjects throughout the five boroughs from prehistory to the present. The encyclopedia contains more than 4300 alphabetically arranged entries by more than 650 contributors, along with nearly 700 illustrations and maps, many of which are previously unpublished. A wide range of topics is covered: architecture, government and politics, business, religion, weather, the arts, education, transport, the law, science and medicine, and sports and recreation. Entries reflect the city's colorful past and present, describing hundreds of neighborhoods and immigrant groups as well as more than a thousand figures from all fields and historical periods. The encyclopedia displays the richness and diversity of New York City as they have never before been documented. Overseen by an editorial board composed of distinguished scholars and experts and edited by one of the leading urban historians in the nation, it is an indispensable resource for residents and visitors alike.
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The only comprehensive reference work on New York City ever compiled, this entertaining and authoritative one-volume encyclopedia covers subjects throughout the five boroughs from prehistory to the present. It includes more than 4,000 entries by more than 650 contributors, along with 680 illustrations and maps, some drawn especially for this book.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 2 Average Rating:
An Essential 
-- Elizabeth, a lover of New York City, July 2, 2002
Also Recommended: This book is absolutely unique!
A Must for Lovers and Students of New York City
-- Rocco Dormarunno, April 9, 2001
Also Recommended: Riis-How the Other Half Lives Homberger-A Historical Atlas of New York City Asbury-The Gangs of New York Burrows/Wallace-Gotham
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