Eric Homberger is the author of Mrs. Astor's New York and Scenes from the Life of a City. An American by birth, he is a professor of American studies at the University of East Anglia.
Alice Hudson is curator of the Map Division of the New York Public Library.
"A beautifully produced reference work . . . here, in maps,
drawings, photographs, and illuminating text, are the five little
boroughs and how they grew." --E. L. Doctorow"A treasure of a book.
The historical notes are sharp, full, and often surprising. The
graphics are fresh, colorful, and give one a new sense of New York,
the world city in its everlasting drama." --Alfred Kazin
A beautifully produced reference work . . . here, in maps,
drawings, photographs, and illuminating text, are the five little
boroughs and how they grew. "E. L. Doctorow" A treasure of a book.
The historical notes are sharp, full, and often surprising. The
graphics are fresh, colorful, and give one a new sense of New York,
the world city in its everlasting drama. Alfred Kazin"
"A beautifully produced reference work . . . here, in maps,
drawings, photographs, and illuminating text, are the five little
boroughs and how they grew."-E. L. Doctorow
"A treasure of a book. The historical notes are sharp, full, and
often surprising. The graphics are fresh, colorful, and give one a
new sense of New York, the world city in its everlasting drama."
-Alfred Kazin
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