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The power broker: Robert Moses and the fall of New York
The power broker: Robert Moses and the fall of New York
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Caro, Robert A
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication Date
1975, c1974
Language
English
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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.
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Architects
Architects -- United States -- Biography
City planners
City planners -- United States -- Biography
City planning
City planning -- New York (State) -- New York
Moses, Robert
Moses, Robert, -- 1888-1981
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9780394720241
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