New York - by Ric Burns & James Sanders & Lisa Ades (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The companion volume to the PBS television series, with more than 500 full-color and black-and-white illustrations This lavish and handsomely produced book captures all the beauty, complexity, and power of New York -- the city that seems the very embodiment of ambition, aspiration, romance, desire; the city that has epitomized the entire parade of modern life, with all its possibilities and problems. Chronicling the story of New York from its establishment as a Dutch trading post in 1624 to its global preeminence today, the book is at once the biography of a great city and a vivid exploration of the myriad forces -- commercial, cultural, demographic -- that converged in New York to usher in the contemporary world. Weaving the strands of the city's sweeping history into a single compelling narrative, New York carries us through nearly four centuries of turbulent growth and change -- from the first settlement on the tip of "Manna-hata" Island to the destruction wrought by the Revolutionary War; to the city's stunning emergence in the nineteenth century as the nation's premier industrial metropolis; to the waves of early-twentieth-century immigration that forever transformed the city and the nation; to New York's transfiguration as the world's first modern city -- pioneering skyscrapers, apartment houses, subways, and highways -- and its role as the birthplace of so much of American popular culture. Along the way, we witness the building of the city's celebrated landmarks and neighborhoods, from the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty to the Empire State Building and the United Nations; from Wall Street and Times Square to the Lower East Side, Harlem, and SoHo. The book brims with vibrant illustrations, including hundreds of rare photographs, paintings, lithographs, prints, and period maps. The narrative incorporates the voices and stories of men and women -- statesmen, entrepreneurs, artists, and visionaries -- who have lived in and built the city: an extraordinary cast of characters that includes Peter Stuyvesant, Alexander Hamilton, John Jacob Astor, Walt Whitman, Boss Tweed, Jacob Riis, Emma Lazarus, J. P. Morgan, Al Smith, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Gershwin, Fiorello La Guardia, Robert Moses, and Jane Jacobs. Accompanying the book's narrative are interviews with Robert A. Caro, David Levering Lewis, and Robert A. M. Stern, and essays by a group of distinguished New York historians and critics, including Kenneth T. Jackson, Mike Wallace, Marshall Berman, Phillip Lopate, Carol Berkin, and Daniel Czitrom, who add their insights about the city to this splendid history. Now with a new preface to the introduction and two new chapters that address the transformation in the twenty-first century, from 9/11 through the Covid-19 pandemic"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>An expanded edition of the only comprehensive illustrated history of New York--with more than 600 ravishing photographs and illustrations--that tells the remarkable 400-year-long story of the city from its beginning in 1624 up to the current moment. The companion volume to the acclaimed PBS series.</b> <p/>This landmark book traces the spectacular growth of New York from its initial settlement on the tip of Manhattan through the destruction wrought by the Revolutionary War to its rise as the nation's premier commercial capital and industrial center and as a magnet for immigrant hopes and dreams in the 19th century to its standing as a beacon of modern culture in the 20th century and as a worldwide symbol of resilience in the 21st century. <p/>The story continues here with new chapters delivering a sweeping portrait of New York at the dawn of the 21st century, when it emerged after decades of decline to assert its place at the very center of a new globalized culture. Here is a city challenged--indeed, sometimes shaken to its core--by a series of profound crises: the aftermath of 9/11, the continual struggle with racial injustice, the financial crisis of 2008, the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, the still unfolding cataclysm of the COVID-19 pandemic--whose earliest and deadliest urban epicenter was New York itself. Here too is a lively portrait of the city's vibrant street life and culture: the birth of hip-hop in the South Bronx, Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Gates in Central Park, the musicals of Broadway, the explosion in location filmmaking in every borough, the pivotal rise of the tech industry, and so much more. <p/>The history of this city--especially in the tumultuous and transformative two decades detailed in the new chapters--is an epic story of rebirth and growth, an astonishing transfiguration, still in progress, of the world's first modern city into a model and prototype for the global city of the future.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"The story of New York City, like that of an ancient myth, needs to be told again and again, because the drama never ends and because the past appears different depending on when you pause to look back. Ric Burns and James Sanders have published a hefty but fleetly narrated volume that starts with Henry Hudson's arrival in 1609 and ends with the most current of the city's innumerable recoveries. The illustrations are so luscious they're practically edible, and the writing is lively and well researched. What makes the book a joy is all the varied and vibrant New York voices and images so vivid you want to dive in." --Justin Davidson, <i>New York</i> magazine <p/> "The passionate desire to explore and celebrate is evident in Ric Burns and Janes Sanders' updated and expanded edition of their landmark book, <i>New York: An Illustrated History</i>. The only book of its kind, this beautifully illustrated volume spans four centuries from 1625 until today, documenting spirit of the 'City of Dreams' from revolution and resistance to the resilience of its inhabitants--capturing all that is extraordinary and heartbreaking about this wonderful city, 'so nice they named it twice.'" --A. M. Homes, author of <i>May We Be Forgiven</i> and <i>The Mistress's Daughter</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>RIC BURNS is a documentary filmmaker best known for directing the award-winning PBS series <i>New York</i>, which he wrote with James Sanders. He is also known for his work on <i>The Civil War</i>, which he produced with his brother, Ken. Since 1990, he has directed nearly fifty hours of prime-time programming for PBS, and the films have received seven Emmy Awards, three Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, and two Peabody Awards, among others. <p/>JAMES SANDERS is an architect, author, and filmmaker, who, with Ric Burns, wrote the acclaimed eight-part PBS series <i>New York</i>. His landmark study of the city and film, <i>Celluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies</i>, won a Theatre Library Association Award. He has written for <i>The New York Time</i>s, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, and <i>Vanity Fair</i>, and has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Emmy Award. <p/>LISA ADES is a documentary filmmaker who has produced and directed films for PBS and cable television for thirty years. Her acclaimed film <i>Miss America</i> premiered at the Sundance Film Festival before its broadcast on PBS in 2002. She has also produced award-winning films with Ric Burns, including the first five episodes of <i>New York.</i>
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