The Park and the People: A History of Central Park

by Elizabeth Blackmar and Roy Rosenzweig

Book Overview

This exemplary social history (Kirkus Reviews) is the first full-scale account of Central Park ever published. Elizabeth Blackmar and Roy Rosenzweig tell the story of Central Park's people--the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805032428
• ISBN13: 9780805032420
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 623 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

an excellent work

This is not just a wonderful study of the park itself but a wonderful route into the social world of 19th century new york....one of the points of the book is that the park's boundaries were never natural, however naturalistic the winning design, but were, in the broadest sense, political. What remains today in the park was always fought over and contested.

Amerian Masterpiece

No park has been so exhaustively researched, photographed and documented as this 843 acre oasis. So in saying this book stands out, I'm really saying something. This history of this park is just fascinating and the photos are just wonderful, Mr. Rosenzweig does fine research and it shows, his love for the park is evident in his writing and it makes the book all the more enjoyable. Central Park is the heart of the city, and to understand New York you really need to understand the history of the park. A New York without a Central Park is just unimaginable. I highly recommend this book.

A must-must read if you're serious about Central Park.

"The Park and the People" is an exquisite work of scholarship. I've read much about the park but nothing approaches the depth of knowledge and insight contained in this extraordinary book. It's provocative, exciting, extremely well written, and downright readable. I learned something new on every page and simply could not put it down.