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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 : Alfred A. Knopf, 1974.
- ©1974
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| Text | Use in library | AA9085 M85 C22 | Off-site | |
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- Description
- ix, 1246, xxxiv pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 25 cm
- Summary
- This is first and foremost a brilliant multidimensional portrait of a man-an extraordinary man who, denied power within the normal framework of the democratic process, stepped outside that framework to grasp power sufficient to shape a great city and hold sway over the very texture of millions of lives.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 1170-1177) and index.
- Awards (note)
- Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 1975
- Society of American Historians Francis Parkman Prize, 1975
- Contents
- Part 1. The idealist. Line of succession ; Robert Moses at Yale ; Home away from home -- part 2. The reformer. Burning ; Age of optimism -- part 3. The rise to power. Curriculum changes ; Change in major ; The taste of power ; A dream ; The best bill drafter in Albany -- part 4. The use of power. The majesty of the 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 -- part 5. The love of power. Changing ; Two brothers ; Changing ; The warp on the loom -- part 6. The lust for power. "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 (Afterword) ; The highwayman ; Point of no return -- part 7. The loss of power. 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.
- ISBN
- 0394480767
- 9780394480763
- LCCN
- 73020751
- 99993848610
- OCLC
- ocm00834874
- 834874
- SCSB-2291258
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries