- Description
- xvii, 494 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Describes the revitalization of New York during the Great Depression as President Roosevelt and Mayor LaGuardia worked together to build parks, bridges, and schools and put people to work by channeling federal resources into cities and counties.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-473) and index.
- Contents
- I. Foundations -- Beginnings -- A season in the wilderness -- The deluge -- II. The New Deal -- "Jobs is the cry" -- The New Deal's "lost legacy" -- From fusion to confusion -- New dealer for the duration -- III. War and postwar -- The local politics of foreign policy -- The battle of New York -- "I hope others will follow New York's example."
- Call Number
- IRGN 13-5171
- ISBN
- 9780393066913 (hardcover)
- 0393066916 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2013004481
- OCLC
- 811599488
- Author
Williams, Mason B.
- Title
City of ambition : FDR, La Guardia, and the making of modern New York / Mason B. Williams.
- Imprint
New York, NY : W.W. Norton, ©2013.
- Edition
1st ed.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-473) and index.
- Research Call Number
IRGN 13-5171