The Almanac of New York City

Edited by Kenneth T. Jackson and Fred Kameny

Paper, 528 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14063-8
$19.95 / £13.95

October, 2008
Cloth, 528 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14062-1
$45.00 / £31.00

Web Features:

• Read a post about the book from the New York Times’s blog City Room.
• How well do you know New York City? Take a quiz based on facts and figures from The Almanac of New York City.

Related Subjects

• American History
• New York City
• Reference
• Urban History

About the Author

Kenneth T. Jackson is director of the Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History and Jacques Barzun Professor of History at Columbia University. He is a former president of the New-York Historical Society and is editor in chief of The Encyclopedia of New York City. A native of New York City, Fred Kameny received his undergraduate degree at Columbia University and a law degree from the University of North Carolina. He is currently the managing editor of Duke University Press.

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