Library Catalogue
The power broker : Robert Moses and the fall of New York /
Caro, Robert A.
The power broker : Robert Moses and the fall of New York / Robert A. Caro. - New York : Vintage Books, 1975, c1974. - 1246, xxxiv p., [25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [1173]-1177.
INTRODUCTION: WAIT UNTIL THE EVENING --
PART I: THE IDEALIST --
1. Line of Succession --
2. Robert Moses at Yale --
3. Home Away from Home --
PART II: THE REFORMER --
4. Burning --
5. Age of Optimism --
PART III: THE RISE TO POWER --
6. Curriculum Changes --
7. Change in Major --
8. The Taste of Power --
9. A Dream --
10. The Best Bill Drafter in Albany --
PART IV: THE USE OF POWER --
11. The Majesty of the Law --
12. Robert Moses and the Creature of the Machine --
13. Driving --
14. Changing --
15. Curator of Cauliflowers --
16. The Featherduster --
17. The Mother of Accommodation --
18. New York City Before Robert Moses --
19. To Power in the City --
20. One Year --
21. The Candidate --
22. Order Number 129 --
23. In the Saddle --
24. Driving --
PART V: THE LOVE OF POWER --
25. Changing -- 26. Two Brothers --
27. Changing --
28. The Warp on the Loom --
PART VI: THE LUST FOR POWER --
29. "And When the Last Law Was Down..." --
30. Revenge --
31. Monopoly --
32. Quid Pro Quo --
33. Leading Out the Regiment --
34. Moses and the Mayors --
35. "RM" --
36. The Meat Ax --
37. One Mile --
38. One Mile (Afterward) --
39. The Highwayman --
40. Point of No Return --
PART VII: THE LOSS OF POWER --
41. Rumors and the Report of Rumors --
42. Tavern in the Town --
43. Late Arrival --
44. Mustache and the Bard --
45. Off to the Fair --
46. Nelson --
47. The Great Fair --
48. Old Lion, Young Mayor --
49. The Last Stand --
50. Old --
Notes --
Index.
For the sheer magnitude, depth and authority of its revelations, The Power Broker stands alone---a huge and galvanizing biography revealing not only the virtually unknown saga of one man's incredible accumulation of power, but the hidden story of the shaping (and mis-shaping) of New York through the past half-century ...
0394720245 9780394720241 (Paperback)
75009557
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
Moses, Robert,—1888-1981; Politics and government; New York (State)—New York; History 1898-1951
NA9085.M68 / C37 1975
974.7 B
The power broker : Robert Moses and the fall of New York / Robert A. Caro. - New York : Vintage Books, 1975, c1974. - 1246, xxxiv p., [25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [1173]-1177.
INTRODUCTION: WAIT UNTIL THE EVENING --
PART I: THE IDEALIST --
1. Line of Succession --
2. Robert Moses at Yale --
3. Home Away from Home --
PART II: THE REFORMER --
4. Burning --
5. Age of Optimism --
PART III: THE RISE TO POWER --
6. Curriculum Changes --
7. Change in Major --
8. The Taste of Power --
9. A Dream --
10. The Best Bill Drafter in Albany --
PART IV: THE USE OF POWER --
11. The Majesty of the Law --
12. Robert Moses and the Creature of the Machine --
13. Driving --
14. Changing --
15. Curator of Cauliflowers --
16. The Featherduster --
17. The Mother of Accommodation --
18. New York City Before Robert Moses --
19. To Power in the City --
20. One Year --
21. The Candidate --
22. Order Number 129 --
23. In the Saddle --
24. Driving --
PART V: THE LOVE OF POWER --
25. Changing -- 26. Two Brothers --
27. Changing --
28. The Warp on the Loom --
PART VI: THE LUST FOR POWER --
29. "And When the Last Law Was Down..." --
30. Revenge --
31. Monopoly --
32. Quid Pro Quo --
33. Leading Out the Regiment --
34. Moses and the Mayors --
35. "RM" --
36. The Meat Ax --
37. One Mile --
38. One Mile (Afterward) --
39. The Highwayman --
40. Point of No Return --
PART VII: THE LOSS OF POWER --
41. Rumors and the Report of Rumors --
42. Tavern in the Town --
43. Late Arrival --
44. Mustache and the Bard --
45. Off to the Fair --
46. Nelson --
47. The Great Fair --
48. Old Lion, Young Mayor --
49. The Last Stand --
50. Old --
Notes --
Index.
For the sheer magnitude, depth and authority of its revelations, The Power Broker stands alone---a huge and galvanizing biography revealing not only the virtually unknown saga of one man's incredible accumulation of power, but the hidden story of the shaping (and mis-shaping) of New York through the past half-century ...
0394720245 9780394720241 (Paperback)
75009557
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
Moses, Robert,—1888-1981; Politics and government; New York (State)—New York; History 1898-1951
NA9085.M68 / C37 1975
974.7 B