Recounts how preservationists and environmentalists ultimately succeeded in persuading a powerful state agency to abandon its plans for privately developing Buffalo’s waterfront and instead revitalize the city by enhancing opportunities for members of the public to use and enjoy that same space.

A stunning visual memorial to Buffalo's architectural and industrial history.

Provides a fascinating and in-depth look into the life, career and legacy of one of the most important New Yorkers of the Gilded Age.

How New Yorkers transformed the world!

Presents the history of central New York State from the Ice Age to the present day.

The trailblazing story of the life and career of Louise Blanchard Bethune, America’s first professional woman architect.

The first comprehensive study of village government formation and dissolution in New York State.

Tells the story of New York's playing grounds, teams, and ballparks of yesteryear.

A New York soldier's eyewitness account of life in the first year of the Civil War, from the campgrounds to the battlefields.

Fifty-one unique New York towns with great stories to tell, from L. Frank Baum's and Jello's hometowns to the birthplace of the Women's Rights Movement.

An intimate and moving account of how the author rose from poverty to become a major Black political figure in New York State.

Relates the dramatic role of New York courts in shaping public policy on key reform legislation in the progressive era.

A celebration of New York State's history through 19 key events from the state's founding to today.

A detailed study of the history of African Americans in a small upstate New York city from the days of the Underground Railroad to the deindustrialization of the 1980s.

Draws on the author's own experiences as a watershed planner, teacher, and activist to tell the story of the Great Lakes region's experiment in restoring a complicated natural system of flowing water.

An indispensable resource for dedicated cyclists planning to bike across the state or the casual rider looking to take the family out for a couple of hours. Great for walkers, boaters, and auto travelers, too.

Reflects on the legacy and limits of suffrage in New York State as a way to understand present-day issues with women's social and political rights, as well proposes ideas for future progress.

Makes literature of Niagara Falls available to readers with a variety of interests in literature, culture, and place.

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.

Offers a firsthand account into early-nineteenth-century New York State and Lower Canada during a time of enormous growth and change.

Both an anthology and an informal textbook that features poetry and essays by twenty-five New York State poets.

Examines slavery, abolition, and race in the United States with a special focus on New York State.

Focuses on the posters of World War I as a medium to interpret the tremendous role played by New York State and its citizens in the war effort.

Offers a detailed account of the political and military history of the Irish American Fenian Brotherhood in the nineteenth century.

Chronicles the history of the women’s rights and suffrage movements in New York State and examines the important role the state played in the national suffrage movement.