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Author Caro, Robert A.

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

Publication Info. New York : Knopf, 1974.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B MOSES, ROBERT    DUE 05-08-24
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 MOSES    On Holdshelf
Edition [First edition].
Description ix, 1246, xxxiv pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Bibliography : pages [1170]-1177.
Summary This is the 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.
Form Also issued online.
Contents Pt. 1. The idealist -- pt. 2. The reformer -- pt. 3. The rise to power -- pt. 4. The use of power -- pt. 5. The love of power -- pt. 6. The lust for power -- pt. 7. The loss of power.
Subject Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.
ISBN 0394480767
9780394480763
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