New York: An Illustrated History.

[New York History] Burns, Ric and James Sanders, with Lisa Ades.

Published by Knopf, 1999

A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. Chronicling the story of New York from its establishment as a Dutch trading post in 1624 to its global preeminence today, the book is at once the biography of a great city and a vivid exploration of the myriad forces -- commercial, cultural, demographic -- that converged in New York to usher in the contemporary world. New York carries us through nearly four centuries of turbulent growth and change -- from the first settlement on the tip of "Manna-hata" Island to the destruction wrought by the Revolutionary War; to the city's stunning emergence in the nineteenth century as the nation's premier industrial metropolis; to the waves of early-twentieth-century immigration that forever transformed the city and the nation; to New York's transfiguration as the world's first modern city -- pioneering skyscrapers, apartment houses, subways, and highways -- and its role as the birthplace of so much of American popular culture. Seller Inventory # 27103

Bibliographic Details

Title: New York: An Illustrated History.
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition