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

Title:

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

Author:

Caro, Robert A.

Format:

Book

Institution:

Emerson College, Emmanuel College

Contents:

Introduction: Wait until the evening -- Line of succession -- Robert Moses at Yale -- Home away from home -- Burning -- Age of optimism -- Curriculum changes -- Change in major -- The taste of power -- A dream -- The best bill drafter in Albany -- The majesty of law -- Robert Moses and the creature of the machine -- Driving -- Changing -- Curator of cauliflowers -- The featherduster -- The mother of accommodation -- New York City before Robert Moses -- To power in the city -- One year -- The candidate -- Order number 129 -- In the saddle -- Driving -- Changing -- Two brothers --Changing -- The warp and the loom -- "And when the last law was down ..." -- Revenge -- Monopoly -- Quid pro quo -- Leading out the regiment -- Moses and the mayors -- "RM" -- The meat ax -- One mile -- One mile (afterward) -- The highwayman -- Point of no return -- Rumors and the report of rumors -- Tavern in the town -- Late arrival -- Mustache and the bard -- Off to the fair -- Nelson -- The great fair -- Old lion, young mayor -- The last stand -- Old.

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

Emerson Main Stacks
NA9085.M68 C37 1975 – Available

• Available Temporarily at Emerson Reserve
  On reserve for IN374 -1: Cartography (Institute: Franklin-Lyons)
  On reserve for IN374 -2: 20th Century New York (Institute: Kishik)
  On reserve for IN374 -3: Why We Change Identities (Institute: Denizet-Lewis)
  On reserve for IN374 -16: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Institute: Andrade-Watkins)

Emmanuel Main Stacks
NA9085.M68 C37 1975 – Available