Community, Continuity, and Change: New Perspectives on Staten Island History

Broadens the New York island's past by opening up new avenues of historical inquiry and raising questions about its identity and its complex and contested relationship with Greater New York. Focuses on how major institutions, individuals, and industries of the past two centuries have shaped the island's public image. The nine papers are selected from an October 1995 conference at Snug Harbor on the island. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)