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Books -- the Encyclopedia of New York City Edited by Kenneth T. Jackson
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Kenneth T. Jackson, editor. The Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995.
The need for a New York City encyclopedia, that both researchers and general readers would find useful, was recognized by Edward Tripp of Yale University Press in 1982. In 1986 the New York Historical Society agreed to co-publish such a book.
The editors made several decisions that provided a framework for the project. First, the encyclopedia would range chronologically from prehistory to the present. Second, it would cover the entire area now making up the five boroughs, most of which did not become part of New York City until 1898. And lastly, there was an effort to …
