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A Short and Remarkable History of New York City
NOW in its fifth Printing which includes the events of September 11, 2001.
Selected by the American Association of University Presses as one of "The Best of the Best from the University Presses." (2000)
New Yorkers love to watch the building of a new skyscraper―particularly the digging of a foundation―through small holes cut into a wooden construction fence. It's one of the great lunch-hour pastimes. Over the years the ubiquitous observer has watched the City grown and change―sometimes with disapproval, sometimes with elation, always with a fond curiosity.
This short book, with its events and anecdotes, is a peephole for spying on the history of the City from its foundations up to the present. New York was always destined to be a place of migrants and immigrants. People have come to this mercantile center to work, to build, to learn, to play, and to settle down in a neighborhood. Its people give the City the energy that makes living here a heightened experience.
A Short and Remarkable History of New York City is a timeline of five hundred years of New York City history. It can be read as a story, used for reference, or browsed through for fun.
Selected by the American Association of University Presses as one of "The Best of the Best from the University Presses." (2000)
New Yorkers love to watch the building of a new skyscraper―particularly the digging of a foundation―through small holes cut into a wooden construction fence. It's one of the great lunch-hour pastimes. Over the years the ubiquitous observer has watched the City grown and change―sometimes with disapproval, sometimes with elation, always with a fond curiosity.
This short book, with its events and anecdotes, is a peephole for spying on the history of the City from its foundations up to the present. New York was always destined to be a place of migrants and immigrants. People have come to this mercantile center to work, to build, to learn, to play, and to settle down in a neighborhood. Its people give the City the energy that makes living here a heightened experience.
A Short and Remarkable History of New York City is a timeline of five hundred years of New York City history. It can be read as a story, used for reference, or browsed through for fun.
- GenresNew York
158 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1997
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October 13, 2020
Като за бърза историческа разходка - става.
October 15, 2007
So, I really wanted to know more about New York City history, but I didn't want to sit down and read a thousand-page history book that drags on and on. This book gives quite a bit of history in an extremely concise format (Pretty much limited to several sentences per event). Actually, I have found there are some things that I would like to know more about but it just doesn't go into detail. I guess that's the whole point of the book though. It's just an overview. I think I'm a nerd for reading this book.
September 13, 2013
This is a rather short book that uses a very effective "timeline" format to describe the history of New York City from the ancient time of the Lenape Indians to modern times. It is entertaining and easy to read and rather geared towards entertainment rather than research, which is OK with me. I like it.
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