New York: An Illustrated History by Ric Burns, James Sanders, Lisa Ades
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Book Summary Author: James Sanders, Lisa Ades, Ric Burns Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2003-09-02 ISBN: 0375710329 Number of pages: 640 Publisher: Knopf |
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Book Reviews of the New York: An Illustrated History
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Summary: 5 Stars
For a city like New York one book can never really fit the whole history. But if you're looking for the place to start then this is it.
It has good research on all periods of development and culture, with great images that come up a treat on the large format quality stock paper. the editing and design are nice too.
It draws from the PBS series from the late ninties, but this version has an extra update at the end to accomodate 9/11.
I remember seeing the TV series on air, but cannot find it in region 4 DVD format, so the book was the only way I could get the information from it.
As mentioned above you can never fit all of NYC in one book; either you cut all the bits down too much or focus on certain parts; there is a focus, as is common, on Manhatten.
But whenever you come across parts where you want to know more this book provides enough threads for research to go on and find out.
Curiously, there are periods of the book that use particular writers of NYC as themes to contextualize its history such as Walt Whitman and F Scott Fitzgerald.
A great way to begin learning about the greatest city on earth.