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The power broker : Robert Moses and the fall of New York
Record details
- ISBN: 0394720245
- ISBN: 9780394720241
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Physical Description:
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1246, xxxiv pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: Vintage Books ed.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1975, ©1974.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 1173-1177) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | Moses, Robert 1888-1981 New York (N.Y.) History 1898-1951 New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1898-1951 |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | NA 9085 .M67 C37 1975 | 30775305470701 | General Collection | Available | - |
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