The first book devoted to this landmark of architecture, urban planning, and social engineeringSi...

William Seraile uncovers the history of the colored orphan asylum, founded in New York City in 18...

Chronicles the experiences of a black female teaching in public schools in the South Bronx in the...

Mines the more than 300 newspapers published in New York City before the Civil War for art critic...

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Murder, Inc. and the Moral Life: Gangsters and Gangbusters in La Guardia's New York tells the sto...

Tells the story of the building of the American Museum of NaturalHistory and Hayden Planetarium, ...

This book chronicles the founding in 1914 and development of the free Jesuit high school in the U...

How the famous and not-so-famous like-minded citizens all gave their time, expertise, and money t...

Victorian-era divas who were better paid than some corporate chairmen, the boy soprano who grew u...