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Author Williams, Mason B.

Title City of ambition : FDR, La Guardia, and the making of modern New York / Mason B. Williams.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton, [2013]
©2013

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  974.71 WILLIAMS    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  974.71 W    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  974.71 WIL    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  974.71 WILLIAMS    Check Shelf
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Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 494 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Pt. 1. Foundations. Beginnings -- A season in the wilderness -- The deluge -- pt. 2. The new deal. "Jobs is the cry" -- The new deal's "lost legacy" -- From fusion to confusion -- New dealer for the duration -- pt. 3. War and postwar. The local politics of foreign policy -- The battle of New York -- "I hope others will follow New York's example."
Subject New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951.
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1898-1951.
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York.
Depressions -- 1929 -- New York (State) -- New York.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947.
ISBN 9780393066913 hardback
0393066916 hardback
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