[Moses, Robert] Caro, Robert A.

The Power Broker – Robert Moses and the Fall of New York.

New York and Toronto, Random House, 1974. 15.5 cm x 23 cm 1246, XXXIV pages. With index. With many photographs and several maps. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscription by preowner. Otherwise clean inside with solid binding.

Includes the following: Part 1 The Idealist / Part II The Reformer / Part III The Rise to Power / Part IV The Use of Power / Part V The Love of Power / Part VI The Lust for Power / Part VII The Loss of Power.

″One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman prizes, The Power Broker tells the hidden story behind the shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York (city and state) and makes public what few have known: that Robert Moses was, for almost half a century, the single most powerful man of our time in New York, the shaper not only of the city’s politics but of its physical structure and the problems of urban decline that plague us today.” (Publisher)

″The book focuses on the creation and use of power in local and state politics, as witnessed through Moses’ use of unelected positions to design and implement dozens of highways and bridges, sometimes at great cost to the communities he nominally served. It has been repeatedly named one of the best biographies of the 20th century, and has been highly influential on city planners and politicians throughout the United States.” (Wikepedia)

• Keywords: America · Biography · Business History · Economic history · Economics · New York · Robert Moses · Twentieth Century · Urban Studies
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394720245
• Inventory Number: 43904AB

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