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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kenneth Jackson , Fred Kameny , Sam Roberts (c/o Museum of the City of New York)Publisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.652kg ISBN: 9780231140638ISBN 10: 0231140630 Pages: 528 Publication Date: 17 October 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsNo detail that contributes to the definition of New York has escaped Jackson and Kameny. Recommended. * Library Journal * A marvelous example of an information source that provides the facts and figures one knows one wants and also offers enough of the quirky, unexpected, and engaging information to pull readers into finding things they never thought they needed to know. * Booklist * More than a mere miscellany of statistics and figures... Recommended. * Choice * No detail that contributes to the definition of New York has escaped Jackson and Kameny. Recommended. -- Library Journal A marvelous example of an information source that provides the facts and figures one knows one wants and also offers enough of the quirky, unexpected, and engaging information to pull readers into finding things they never thought they needed to know. -- Booklist More than a mere miscellany of statistics and figures... Recommended. -- Choice Author InformationKenneth T. Jackson is director of the Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History and Jacques Barzun Professor of History at Columbia University. He is a former president of the New-York Historical Society and is editor in chief of The Encyclopedia of New York City. A native of New York City, Fred Kameny received his undergraduate degree at Columbia University and a law degree from the University of North Carolina. He is currently the managing editor of Duke University Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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