New York: An Illustrated History of the People

The definitive pictorial history of the diverse peoples of the world who have made New York their home. According to the 1990 census, New York, for the first time in a century, had more foreign-born inhabitants than native-born residents. A city of continual immigration, New York's people have been documented by major artists and photographers from the earliest European settlers to the present. In this majestic illustrated history, with over 500 prints, paintings, and photographs, many neve...