Scott Monje wrote:
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> 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


The New York State Historical Association and the Cornell University
Press will be publishing an entirely new edition of a "Short History of
New York State" which is scheduled to be distributed in the Spring of
2001.

Regards,

Garet Livermore
Director of Education
New York State Historical Association