The Encyclopedia of New York State
The Encyclopedia of New York State

Author: Peter Eisenstadt

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 2005-05-19

Total Pages: 1960

ISBN-13: 9780815608080

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The Encyclopedia of New York State is one of the most complete works on the Empire State to be published in a half-century. In nearly 2,000 pages and 4,000 signed entries, this single volume captures the impressive complexity of New York State as a historic crossroads of people and ideas, as a cradle of abolitionism and feminism, and as an apex of modern urban, suburban, and rural life. The Encyclopedia is packed with fascinating details from fields ranging from sociology and geography to history. Did you know that Manhattan's Lower East Side was once the most populated neighborhood in the world, but Hamilton County in the Adirondacks is the least densely populated county east of the Mississippi; New York is the only state to border both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean; the Erie Canal opened New York City to rich farmland upstate . . . and to the west. Entries by experts chronicle New York's varied areas, politics, and persuasions with a cornucopia of subjects from environmentalism to higher education to railroads, weaving the state's diverse regions and peoples into one idea of New York State. Lavishly illustrated with 500 photographs and figures, 120 maps, and 140 tables, the Encyclopedia is key to understanding the state's past, present, and future. It is a crucial reference for students, teachers, historians, and business people, for New Yorkers of all persuasions, and for anyone interested in finding out more about New York State.

Prison Industries
Prison Industries

Author: United States. Department of Commerce. Advisory committee on prison industries

Publisher:

Published: 1929

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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Prison Methods in New York State
Prison Methods in New York State

Author: Philip Klein

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 9781331915362

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Excerpt from Prison Methods in New York State: A Contribution to the Study of the Theory and Practice of Correctional Institutions in New York State These pages present part of the results of a more comprehensive study, now available in manuscript in the files of the New York School of Social Work, and in part published in the seventy-fifth annual report of the Prison Association of New York. The study was originally undertaken in connection with a general survey of the entire field of the history of organized social work in New York State, planned by Dr. Edward T. Devine, Professor of Social Economy at Columbia University, and Director of the New York School of Philanthropy. The field was divided into six sections, comprising health, labor, relief, child care, crime, and public welfare. The section on crime was to include the treatment of the criminal and the prevention of crime. The writer was asked by Professor Devine to take general charge of this section. The plan of procedure provided for cooperative research by graduate students in Social Economy at Columbia University and at the New York School of Philanthropy, in accordance with plans prepared by the writer, and under his direct supervision. The field of research within the section on crime was divided into a number of parts, each to be entrusted to a research assistant. At the beginning of the academic year 1916-17, studies were under way on five separate parts, and on the general aspects of the subject. It was planned to publish each part in its entirety, with a summary of the important features, coordinating them in a general history of the treatment of the criminal and the prevention of crime in New York State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.