The power broker : Robert Moses and the fall of New York / by Robert A. Caro.
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Caro, Robert A. (författare)
- ISBN 9780394720241
- Publicerad: New York : The Bodley Head, 1975
- Tillverkad: [2004]
- Copyright: 1974
- Engelska 1246, xxxiv pages, 40 pages of unnumbered plates
Innehållsförteckning
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
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- 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.
- Moses is pictured as idealist reformer and political manipulator as his rise to power and eventual domination of New York State politics is documented.
Ämnesord
- Stadsplanering (sao)
- City planners -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography. (LCSH)
- New York -- 1900-talet
- City planning (lcsh)
- Förenta staterna -- New York (sao)
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)
- New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. (LCSH)
- New York (State) -- New York.
Genre
- Biografier (saogf)
Personnamn
- Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
Indexterm och SAB-rubrik
- Lz Biografi: särskilda personer
- Odgd Kommunal planering
- Nqaag Geografi: New York
Klassifikation
- 920.7 (DDC)
- 307.12 (DDC)
- 917.47 (DDC)
- Lz Moses, Robert (kssb/8)
- Odgd (kssb/8)
- Nqaag (kssb/8)
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