Michael Kammen's Colonial New York (Oxford, 1975 and still in print in paperback) is excellent and at least covers part of New York's history

Sara Gronim
Department of History
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Scott Monje wrote:

> Can anyone tell me whether there is a general history of New York more recent than "A Short History of New York State," written by David M. Ellis, et al., in 1957 (rev. ed., 1967). Even the series of bicentennial histories published by the American Association for State and Local History seems to have skipped New York.
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> I notice that in the foreword to the Ellis book, the director of the New York State Historical Association commented that it was the first such study in nearly a quarter of a century. Little did he realize the hiatus that was to follow.
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> Scott Monje
> Encyclopedia Americana