Bibliography of New York explained
The following is a bibliography of New York. New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States. New York is commonly known as the "Empire State" and sometimes the "Excelsior State". It is the nation's third most populous state at over 19 million people. The capital of the state is Albany and its most populous city is New York City. New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
General reference
- Book: The Encyclopedia of New York State . Eisenstadt, Peter . . 2005 . Syracuse, New York . 0-8156-0808-X.
- Livermore, Garet D. "Revisiting 'The Cooperstown Idea': The Evolution of the New York State Historical Association." Public Historian 33.3 (2011): 70-89 https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2011.33.3.70
History
General history
Colonial times
- Book: Gehring, Charles T.. Fort Orange Records 1656–1678 . Syracuse University Press . Syracuse, New York . 2000 . 978-0-585-30922-4.
- Book: Kammen, Michael . Colonial New York: a History . Oxford University Press . 1975. 1996 . New York City . 0-19-510779-9 . registration . online free
- Book: Knickerbocker, Diedrich . Diedrich Knickerbocker . A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty . John Murray . London . 1820 . 265731022. (satire)
- Kupperberg, Paul, ed. A Primary Source History of the Colony of New York (The Rosen Publishing Group, 2005).
- Book: Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts . ((Van Laer, A. J. F. (translator and editor))). . 1908 . . 9261526.
- Book: Venema, Janny . Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652–1664 . 2003 . Verloren . Hilversum . 0-7914-6079-7.
Specialty topics
- Baker, Paula. The Moral Frameworks of Public Life: Gender, Politics, and the State in Rural New York, 1870–1930 (1991)
- Bernstein, Peter L. Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation (2005).
- Boles, James M. When There Were Poor Houses: Early Care in Rural New York 1808–1950 (2011)
- Cross, Whitney R. The Burned-over District; the social and intellectual history of enthusiastic religion in western New York, 1800–1850 (1950) online
- Goodier, Susan. No votes for women: the New York state anti-suffrage movement (U of Illinois Press, 2012).
- Gunn, L. Ray. "The Crisis of Authority in the Antebellum States: New York, 1820-1860." Review of Politics 41.2 (1979): 273-297 online.
- Fein, Michael R. Paving the way: New York road building and the American State, 1880–1956 (UP of Kansas, 2008).
- Haydon, Roger, ed. Upstate travels : British views of nineteenth-century New York (1982) online
- Johnson, Curtis D. Islands of Holiness: Rural Religion in Upstate New York, 1790–1860 (2012)
- Koeppel, Gerard. Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire. (2009).
- Norton, John R. "New York State Government and the Economy: 1819-1846." New York History 34.3 (1953): 298-314 online.
- Plotch, Philip Mark. Politics Across the Hudson: The Tappan Zee Megaproject (Rutgers UP, 2018).
- Sernett, Milton. North Star Country: Upstate New York and the Crusade for African American Freedom (2001).
- Sowers, Don Conger. The financial history of New York State from 1789 to 1912 (1914) online.
- Starr, Timothy. Railroad Wars of New York State (Arcadia, 2012).
- Taft, Pauline Dakin. The happy valley; the elegant eighties in upstate New York (1965) online; heavily illustrated
- Wellman, Judith. Grassroots Reform in the Burned-over District of Upstate New York: Religion, Abolitionism, and Democracy (2016)
- Wilson, Edmund. Upstate: records and recollections of northern New York (1971) online
By municipality
By city
Albany
- Book: Button, Daniel Evan . Take City Hall! . 2003 . Whitston Publishing Company . 978-0-87875-542-4 . registration .
- Book: Grondahl, Paul . Mayor Erastus Corning: Albany Icon, Albany Enigma . State University of New York Press . 2007 . Albany . 978-0-7914-7294-1.
- Book: Howell, George Rogers . Bi-centennial History of Albany: History of the County of Albany, N.Y. from 1609 to 1886 (Volume I) . Jonathan Tenney . W. W. Munsell & Co . New York City . 1886 . 11543538.
- Book: Howell, George Rogers . Bi-centennial History of Albany: History of the County of Albany, N.Y. from 1609 to 1886 (Volume II) . Jonathan Tenney . W. W. Munsell & Co . New York City . 1886 . 11543538.
- Book: Kennedy, William. William Kennedy (author) . O Albany! . Viking Press . 1983 . 978-0-670-52087-9.
- Book: McEneny, John. John McEneny . Albany, Capital City on the Hudson: An Illustrated History . American Historical Press . Sun Valley, California . 2006 . 1-892724-53-7.
- Book: Munsell, Joel. Joel Munsell . The Annals of Albany . Joel Munsell . 1869 . 2nd . Albany . 11500714.
- Book: Munsell, Joel . Collections on the History of Albany: from its Discovery to the Present Time (Volume 1) . Joel Munsell . 1865 . 2750413.
- Book: Reynolds, Cuyler . Albany Chronicles: A History of the City Arranged Chronologically, From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time . J. B. Lyon Company . 1906 . Albany . 457804870.
- Book: Rittner, Don. Don Rittner . Images of America: Albany . Arcadia Publishing . 2000 . Charleston, South Carolina . 0-7385-0088-7.
- Book: Don Rittner
. Rittner, Don . Don Rittner . Then & Now: Albany . Arcadia Publishing . 2002 . Charleston, South Carolina . 0-7385-1142-0.
- Book: Rittner, Don . Remembering Albany: Heritage on the Hudson . History Press . Charleston, South Carolina . 2009 . 978-1-59629-770-8.
- Book: Roberts, Warren . A Place in History: Albany in the Age of Revolution, 1775–1825 . SUNY Press . 2010 . 978-1-4384-3329-5.
- Book: Beverwijck: A Dutch Village on the American Frontier, 1652–1664 . Venema, Janny . 2003 . Verloren . Hilversum . 0-7914-6079-7.
- Book: Waite, Diana S. . Albany Architecture: A Guide to the City . Mount Ida Press . 1993 . Albany . 0-9625368-1-4.
- Book: Weise, Arthur James . The History of the City of Albany, New York, from the Discovery of the Great River in 1524 by Verrazzano to the Present Time . E.H. Bender . 1884 . Albany . 337558.
- Book: Whish, John D. . Albany Guide Book . J.B. Lyon Company . 1917 . Albany . 17438709.
- Book: The Albany Lumber Trade: Its History and Extent . 1872 . The Argus Company . 8260640 . Albany .
- Book: The Charter of the City of Albany; and the Laws and Ordinances Ordained and Established by the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the Said City, in Common Council Convened . Barber and Southwick . Albany . 1800 . 55813771 .
Buffalo
- Borchert, James, and Susan Borchert. "Downtown, Uptown, Out of Town: Diverging Patterns of Upper-Class Residential Landscapes in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland, 1885-1935." Social Science History 26.2 (2002): 311–346.
- Gerber, David A. The Making of an American Pluralism: Buffalo, New York, 1825–60 (U of Illinois Press, 1989)
- Goldman, Mark. High hopes: The rise and decline of Buffalo, New York (Suny Press, 1983)
Troy
- Book: Troy, NY: A Collar City History . Rittner, Don . Arcadia Publishing . 2002 . 0-7385-2368-2 .
- Book: Charter of and laws relating to the city of Troy: as amended at the close of the legislative session of 1906 . City of Troy . 1906 . Troy Observer Co . 13208186.
- Book: The city of Troy and its vicinity . Weise, Arthur James . Edward Green . 1886 . Troy, New York . 8989214.
- Book: Troy's one hundred years, 1789–1889 . Weise, Arthur James . William H. Young . 1891 . Troy, New York . 17346272.
- Book: History of the city of Troy: from the Expulsion of the Mohegan Indians to the Present Centennial Year of Independence of the United States of America, 1876 . Weise, Arthur James . William H. Young . 1876 . Troy, New York . 12930415.
By county
Rensselaer County
Topics
- Curran, Robert Emmett, ed. Shaping American Catholicism: Maryland and New York, 1805–1915 (2012) excerpt and text search
See also
