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The power broker : Robert Moses and the fall of New York
- Title
- The power broker : Robert Moses and the fall of New York / by Robert A. Caro.
- Author
- Caro, Robert A.
- Publication
- New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House, 1975, ©1974.
- Supplementary Content
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 18-5858 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- ix, 1,246, xxxiv pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Moses is pictured as idealist reformer and political manipulator as his rise to power and eventual domination of New York State politics is documented.
- Alternative Title
- Robert Moses and the fall of New York
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 1173-1177) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Wait until the evening -- Line of succession -- Robert Moses at Yale -- Home away from home -- Burning -- Age of optimism -- Curriculum changes -- Change in major -- The taste of power -- A dream -- The best bill drafter in Albany -- The majesty of law -- Robert Moses and the creature of the machine -- Driving -- Changing -- Curator of cauliflowers -- The featherduster -- The mother of accommodation -- New York City before Robert Moses -- To power in the city -- One year -- The candidate -- Order number 129 -- In the saddle -- Driving -- Changing -- Two brothers --Changing -- The warp and the loom -- "And when the last law was down ..." -- Revenge -- Monopoly -- Quid pro quo -- Leading out the regiment -- Moses and the mayors -- "RM" -- The meat ax -- One mile -- One mile (afterward) -- The highwayman -- Point of no return -- Rumors and the report of rumors -- Tavern in the town -- Late arrival -- Mustache and the bard -- Off to the fair -- Nelson -- The great fair -- Old lion, young mayor -- The last stand -- Old.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-5858
- ISBN
- 0394720245
- 9780394720241
- LCCN
- 75009557
- OCLC
- 1631862
- Author
- Caro, Robert A.
- Title
- The power broker : Robert Moses and the fall of New York / by Robert A. Caro.
- Imprint
- New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House, 1975, ©1974.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 1173-1177) and index.
- Local Note
- Library's copy signed by author.
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-5858