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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Family ghosts: the making of Bill de Blasio -- Race, class, and the urban growth machine -- Radical outsider or political insider? -- The high cost of Michael Bloomberg's New York -- Urban neighborhoods in revolt: the first wave -- The Wall Street crash and the 99 percent -- Insurgents capture City Hall -- New day in Gotham -- The movement spreads -- Fierce resistance and major missteps -- Epilogue. |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Summary |
How Bill de Blasio's mayoral victory triggered a seismic shift in the nation's urban political landscape-and what it portends for our cities in the futureIn November 2013, a little-known progressive stunned the elite of New York City by capturing the mayoralty by a landslide. Bill de Blasio's promise to end the "Tale of Two Cities" had struck a chord among ordinary residents still struggling to recover from the Great Recession. De Blasio's election heralded the advent of the most progressive New York City government in generations. Not since the legendary Fiorello La Guardia in the 1930s ha. |
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De Blasio, Bill, 1961-
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De Blasio, Bill, 1961- (OCoLC)fst01986988
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Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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Mayors. (OCoLC)fst01012869
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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New York (State) -- New York.
(OCoLC)fst01204333
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Since 1951
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| Other Form: |
Print version: González, Juan, 1947- Reclaiming Gotham. New York : The New Press, 2017 9781620972090 (DLC) 2017018383 |
| ISBN |
9781620972861 (electronic book) |
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1620972867 (electronic book) |
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