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The power broker : Robert Moses and the fall of New York / Robert A. Caro.

By: Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1975, c1974.Description: 1246, xxxiv p., [25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0394720245
  • 9780394720241 (Paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 974.7 B
LOC classification:
  • NA9085.M68 C37 1975
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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 ...
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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 ...