Gotham Unbound: The Ecological History of Greater New York

by Ted Steinberg

Book Overview

Winner of the 2015 PROSE Award for US History A "fascinating, encyclopedic history...of greater New York City through an ecological lens" ( Publishers Weekly , starred review)--the sweeping story of one of the most man-made spots on earth. Gotham Unbound recounts the four-century history of how hundreds of square miles of open marshlands became home to six percent of the nation's population. Ted Steinberg brings a vanished New York back to vivid,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476741247
• ISBN13: 9781476741246
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 517 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.9" x 9.5"