A new book will be coming out in about a month: "The Empire
State: A History of New York."  The information desired might be foundin
this. For New York City, try "Gotham."


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On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Messmer, Alan wrote:

>Good afternoon all,
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>I don't normally put out requests, but I am a subscriber and do have a need.
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>Would there be anyone out there on the list who could speak to the culture
>and social history of New York.  A correspondent of ours, Alexandra Marks,
>is looking for an expert on the things that affect/have affected New Yorkers
>throughout history.  This seemed like the best forum I could find for this.
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>Many thanks for any help offered.
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>Alan Messmer
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