New York: An Illustrated History of the People

by Allon Schoener

According to the 1990 census, New York, for the first time in a century, had more foreign-born inhabitants than native-born residents. A city of continual immigration, New York's people have been documented by major artists and photographers from the earliest European settlers to the present. In this majestic illustrated history, with over 500 prints, paintings, and photographs, many never before published, we see the arrival of the first wave of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393045811
• ISBN13: 9780393045819
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 5.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 11.4" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

A coffee table book par excellence

New York : An Illustrated History is a lively, informative book that tells the city's history from a unique perspective. Allon Schoener, a social historian, traces the waves of immigration to New York over the last four centuries and tells their story using photographs, letters, newspapers, and paintings. The reader feels a sense of immediacy as well as understanding as he learns about each ethnic group and their impact on the city. In the end it is the story of all New Yorkers and how they have made and continue to make the city great. The story is well-researched and clearly told with great insight. It is obviously the work of someone who loves New York. Mr.Schoener's text is matched by his brilliant choice of photographs. New York: An Illustrated History is clearly a coffee table book par excellence which will be read over and over again.