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Ghost Fleet Awakened
(November 2019)
Lake George's Sunken Fleet of 1758
Joseph W. Zarzynski - Author
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Chronicles the history and archaeological study of Lake George, New York’s sunken bateaux of 1758.
In Ghost Fleet Awakened, Joseph W. Zarzynski reveals the untold story of a little-recognized sunken fleet of British warships, bateaux, from the French and Indian War (1755–1763). The story begins more than 250 years ago, when bateaux first plied the waters of Lake George, New York. Zarzynski enlightens readers ...(Read More) |
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When I Am Italian
(November 2019)
Joanna Clapps Herman - Author
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Can a person born outside of Italy be considered Italian?
“My American ancestral Italian village was in Waterbury, Connecticut.” In this sentence, Joanna Clapps Herman raises the central question of this book: To what extent can a person born outside of Italy be considered Italian? The granddaughter of Italian immigrants who arrived in the United States in the early 1900s, Clapps Herman takes a complicated and nuan...(Read More) |
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Beyond the Xs and Os
(September 2019)
Keeping the Bills in Buffalo
Mark C. Poloncarz - Author
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Inside account of the negotiations between the football Bills, New York State, and Erie County to sign a long term stadium lease and thereby keep the team in Buffalo.
Beyond the Xs and Os is the previously unpublished story of how a long-term stadium lease was negotiated and signed by New York’s Erie County, the state, and the Buffalo Bills football team. Mark C. Poloncarz, the elected executive of the community th...(Read More) |
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Racial Inequality in New York City since 1965
(September 2019)
Benjamin P. Bowser - Editor
Chelli Devadutt - Editor
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A comprehensive exploration of racial inequality in New York City since 1965.
In the past, the study of racial inequality in New York City has usually had a narrow focus, examining particular social problems affecting ethnic-racial groups. In contrast, this book provides a comprehensive overview of racial inequality in the city’s economy, housing, and education sectors over the last half-century. A collection of original ...(Read More) |
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The Architecture of Downtown Troy
(September 2019)
An Illustrated History
Diana S. Waite - Author
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Tells the forgotten but surprising stories of the many handsome and significant buildings in downtown Troy, New York.
Located about 150 miles north of Manhattan, on the east bank of the Hudson River, the city of Troy, New York, was once an industrial giant. It led the nation in iron production throughout much of the nineteenth century, and its factories turned out bells and cast-iron stoves that were sold the world over. Its pop...(Read More) |
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Everything Worthy of Observation
(July 2019)
The 1826 New York State Travel Journal of Alexander Stewart Scott
Paul G. Schneider Jr. - Editor
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Offers a firsthand account into early-nineteenth-century New York State and Lower Canada during a time of enormous growth and change.
In the pre-dawn of August 2, 1826, Alexander Stewart Scott stepped aboard the steamboat Chambly in Quebec City, Canada. He was beginning a journey that not only took him across New York State but also ultimately changed his view of America and her people. A keen observer, the twenty-one-year...(Read More) |
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United University Professions
(June 2019)
Pioneering in Higher Education Unionism
Nuala McGann Drescher - Author
William E. Scheuerman - Author
Ivan D. Steen - Author
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Tells the story of the nation’s largest higher education union from its earliest years to its role today as a powerful organization promoting the interests of faculty, staff, and the entire SUNY community.
Public education, from pre-K through higher education, and labor unions, particularly those representing public sector workers, are today under attack from those who question the very need to have such basic institutions...(Read More) |
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I'll Be Home
(May 2019)
The Writings of Jim McGrath
Jim McGrath - Author
Darryl McGrath - Editor
Howard Healy - Editor
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Editorials, op-eds, and other writings by a memorable newspaperman.
The winner of more awards than any editorial writer in the Albany Times Union’s history, Jim McGrath was both an Albany institution and a keen observer of the world beyond his beloved adopted city. When he died in 2013 at the age of fifty-six, the newspaper lost a writer who combined a passionate advocacy for society’s most vulnerable people ...(Read More) |
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Something's Happening Here
(May 2019)
A Sixties Odyssey from Brooklyn to Woodstock
Mark Berger - Author
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The decade comes alive in this whirlwind ride through the Sixties that begins in Brooklyn and ends at Woodstock.
The meadow outside Bethel, New York, is eerily empty and silent. Yesterday it held half a million cheering people, and only a few hours ago, the closer, Jimi Hendrix, recast the “Star Spangled Banner” as a firefight in the Mekong Delta. Mark Berger’s been here the whole time. Arriving four days early,...(Read More) |
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Forest and Crag
(March 2019)
A History of Hiking, Trail Blazing, and Adventure in the Northeast Mountains, Thirtieth Anniversary Edition
Laura Waterman - Author
Guy Waterman - Author
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A compelling story of our ever-evolving relationship with the mountains and wilderness.
Thirty years after its initial publication, this beloved classic is back in print. Superbly researched and written, Forest and Crag is the definitive history of our love affair with the mountains of the Northeastern United States, from the Catskills and the Adirondacks of New York to the Green Mountains of Vermont, the White Mountains of Ne...(Read More) |
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