New York State History (nonfiction)

1.
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 59,130 ratings
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America 4.17 avg rating — 11,143 ratings
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Mornings on Horseback
Mornings on Horseback 4.10 avg rating — 34,707 ratings
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York 4.52 avg rating — 27,079 ratings
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Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 4.30 avg rating — 2,773 ratings
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Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation
Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation 3.81 avg rating — 599 ratings
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Slavery in New York
Slavery in New York 4.36 avg rating — 55 ratings
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Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History
Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings
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A Shopkeeper's Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837
A Shopkeeper's Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837 3.61 avg rating — 568 ratings
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The Starker: Big Jack Zelig, the Becker-Rosenthal Case, and the Advent of the Jewish Gangster
The Starker: Big Jack Zelig, the Becker-Rosenthal Case, and the Advent of the Jewish Gangster 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings
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White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America
White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America 4.15 avg rating — 96 ratings
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The Burned-over District: The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western New York, 1800–1850
The Burned-over District: The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western New York, 1800–1850 3.87 avg rating — 76 ratings
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North Star Country: Upstate New York and the Crusade for African American Freedom
North Star Country: Upstate New York and the Crusade for African American Freedom 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge 4.25 avg rating — 18,115 ratings
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Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir
Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir 4.05 avg rating — 11,208 ratings
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97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement
97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement 3.78 avg rating — 3,170 ratings
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Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York
Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York 3.84 avg rating — 432 ratings
18.
Merchants and Empire: Trading in Colonial New York
Merchants and Empire: Trading in Colonial New York 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Just Before Jazz
Just Before Jazz 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith
Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith 3.92 avg rating — 106 ratings
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York 3.73 avg rating — 3,047 ratings
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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell 3.95 avg rating — 5,151 ratings
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Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy 4.45 avg rating — 4,804 ratings
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New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan
New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan 3.69 avg rating — 929 ratings
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Protestant Pluralism and the New York Experience: A Study of Eighteenth-Century Religious Diversity (Religion in North Am)
Protestant Pluralism and the New York Experience: A Study of Eighteenth-Century Religious Diversity (Religion in North Am) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic
William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic 4.04 avg rating — 613 ratings
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1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga
1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga
by: Dean Snow
4.18 avg rating — 174 ratings
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Defying Empire: Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York
Defying Empire: Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York 3.88 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Traders and Gentlefolk: The Livingstons of New York, 1675-1790
Traders and Gentlefolk: The Livingstons of New York, 1675-1790 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Colony of New Netherland: A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-Century America
The Colony of New Netherland: A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-Century America 3.94 avg rating — 49 ratings
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The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675
The Barbarous Years: The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675 3.93 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
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The Downtown Pop Underground: New York City and the Literary Punks, Renegade Artists, DIY Filmmakers, Mad Playwrights, and Rock 'n' Roll Glitter Queens Who Revolutionized Culture
The Downtown Pop Underground: New York City and the Literary Punks, Renegade Artists, DIY Filmmakers, Mad Playwrights, and Rock 'n' Roll Glitter Queens Who Revolutionized Culture 3.96 avg rating — 212 ratings
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The Road to Mobocracy: Popular Disorder in New York City, 1763-1834
The Road to Mobocracy: Popular Disorder in New York City, 1763-1834 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Bloody Mohawk: The French and Indian War & American Revolution on New York's Frontier
Bloody Mohawk: The French and Indian War & American Revolution on New York's Frontier 4.16 avg rating — 312 ratings
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Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982
Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982 3.98 avg rating — 474 ratings
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Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II
Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II 3.92 avg rating — 145 ratings
37.
Journey into Mohawk Country
Journey into Mohawk Country 3.46 avg rating — 322 ratings
38.
Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine Migration to New York
Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine Migration to New York 4.27 avg rating — 85 ratings
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New York
New York
by: Ric Burns
4.48 avg rating — 262 ratings
38.
The Gangs of New York
The Gangs of New York 3.57 avg rating — 4,076 ratings
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The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues
The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues 4.12 avg rating — 515 ratings
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The Women of the House: How a Colonial She-Merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune, and a Dynasty
The Women of the House: How a Colonial She-Merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune, and a Dynasty 3.91 avg rating — 182 ratings
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New York City Cartmen, 1667-1850
New York City Cartmen, 1667-1850 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Curious Case of Kiryas Joel: The Rise of a Village Theocracy and the Battle to Defend the Separation of Church and State
The Curious Case of Kiryas Joel: The Rise of a Village Theocracy and the Battle to Defend the Separation of Church and State 3.80 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca
The Death and Rebirth of the Seneca 3.73 avg rating — 133 ratings
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Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1945: Immigrants in the Golden Age
Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1945: Immigrants in the Golden Age 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Upstate: Records and Recollections of Northern New York
Upstate: Records and Recollections of Northern New York 3.52 avg rating — 40 ratings
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The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation
The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation 4.06 avg rating — 384 ratings
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Liquid Assets: A History of New York City's Water System
Liquid Assets: A History of New York City's Water System 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City
Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City 4.14 avg rating — 398 ratings
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The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History
The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History 4.09 avg rating — 455 ratings
50.
Man in Profile: Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker
Man in Profile: Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker 4.15 avg rating — 266 ratings
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All-Night Party: The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930
All-Night Party: The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913-1930 3.84 avg rating — 165 ratings
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Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor Place Opera House
Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor Place Opera House 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Black and White Manhattan: The History of Racial Formation in Colonial New York City
Black and White Manhattan: The History of Racial Formation in Colonial New York City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Folklore and Legends of Rochester: The Mystery of Hoodoo Corner & Other Tales
Folklore and Legends of Rochester: The Mystery of Hoodoo Corner & Other Tales 3.44 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Who Are These People Anyway?
Who Are These People Anyway? 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Absolute Convictions: My Father, a City, and the Conflict That Divided America
Absolute Convictions: My Father, a City, and the Conflict That Divided America 3.94 avg rating — 96 ratings
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The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice
The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice 3.57 avg rating — 1,116 ratings
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The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime that Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars 3.58 avg rating — 8,675 ratings
60.
Village Life in America
Village Life in America 3.67 avg rating — 79 ratings
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A History of New York in 101 Objects
A History of New York in 101 Objects 3.75 avg rating — 217 ratings
60.
Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series
Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series 3.63 avg rating — 802 ratings
60.
A Description of New Netherland
A Description of New Netherland 3.95 avg rating — 74 ratings
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Heaven's Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal
Heaven's Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal 3.49 avg rating — 573 ratings
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The Iroquois in the American Revolution
The Iroquois in the American Revolution 3.80 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery
Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery 3.69 avg rating — 2,747 ratings
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Privilege and Prerogative: New York's Provincial Elite, 1710-1776
Privilege and Prerogative: New York's Provincial Elite, 1710-1776 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Empire State: A History of New York
The Empire State: A History of New York 3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Tweed Ring.
The Tweed Ring. 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel
Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel 3.72 avg rating — 1,057 ratings
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The Psychic Highway: How the Erie Canal Changed America
The Psychic Highway: How the Erie Canal Changed America 2.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
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American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power
American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power 3.58 avg rating — 401 ratings
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Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War
Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War 4.16 avg rating — 1,238 ratings
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Forming American Politics: Ideals, Interests, and Institutions in Colonial New York and Pennsylvania
Forming American Politics: Ideals, Interests, and Institutions in Colonial New York and Pennsylvania really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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New York at War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham
New York at War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham 3.73 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Tigers Of Tammany
Tigers Of Tammany liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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All Hopped Up and Ready to Go: Music from the Streets of New York 1927-77
All Hopped Up and Ready to Go: Music from the Streets of New York 1927-77 4.10 avg rating — 98 ratings
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From Homeland to New Land: A History of the Mahican Indians, 1600-1830
From Homeland to New Land: A History of the Mahican Indians, 1600-1830 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Indelible Ink: The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of America's Free Press
Indelible Ink: The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of America's Free Press 3.41 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster
Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster 3.68 avg rating — 1,689 ratings
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The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire
The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire 3.77 avg rating — 104 ratings
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Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics
Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics 4.17 avg rating — 488 ratings
83.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam 3.33 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City
Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 705 ratings
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City of Ambition: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York
City of Ambition: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York 3.71 avg rating — 194 ratings
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The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt 3.90 avg rating — 8,806 ratings
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From Privileges to Rights: Work and Politics in Colonial New York City
From Privileges to Rights: Work and Politics in Colonial New York City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Hudson River School
The Hudson River School really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Restless Sleep: Inside New York City's Cold Case Squad
The Restless Sleep: Inside New York City's Cold Case Squad 3.51 avg rating — 480 ratings
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Cadwallader Colden: A Biography (Gateway Bookshelf)
Cadwallader Colden: A Biography (Gateway Bookshelf) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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New York Triumvirate: A Study of the Legal and Political Careers of William Livingston, John Maorin Scott and William Smith Jr.
New York Triumvirate: A Study of the Legal and Political Careers of William Livingston, John Maorin Scott and William Smith Jr. liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School
American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School
by: K. Avery
4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings
92.
Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live
Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live 4.08 avg rating — 19,831 ratings
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Between Raid and Rebellion: The Irish in Buffalo and Toronto, 1867-1916 (McGill-Queen’s Studies in Ethnic History) (Volume 2)
Between Raid and Rebellion: The Irish in Buffalo and Toronto, 1867-1916 (McGill-Queen’s Studies in Ethnic History) (Volume 2) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance 4.11 avg rating — 194 ratings
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Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years In New York That Changed Music Forever
Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years In New York That Changed Music Forever 3.90 avg rating — 2,631 ratings
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New Netherland Connections: Intimate Networks and Atlantic Ties in Seventeenth-Century America
New Netherland Connections: Intimate Networks and Atlantic Ties in Seventeenth-Century America 3.67 avg rating — 36 ratings
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The Adirondacks
The Adirondacks 3.94 avg rating — 241 ratings
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Swing Era New York: The Jazz Photographs of Charles Peterson
Swing Era New York: The Jazz Photographs of Charles Peterson 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings
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