City of ambition, FDR, La Guardia, and the making of modern New York, Mason B. Williams
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Label
City of ambition, FDR, La Guardia, and the making of modern New York, Mason B. Williams
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-473) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrationsplates
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
City of ambition
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
811599488
Responsibility statement
Mason B. Williams
Sub title
FDR, La Guardia, and the making of modern New York
Summary
Describes the revitalization of New York during the Great Depression as President Roosevelt and Mayor LaGuardia worked together to build parks, bridges, and schools and put people to work by channeling federal resources into cities and counties
Table Of Contents
I. Foundations -- Beginnings -- A season in the wilderness -- The deluge -- II. The New Deal -- "Jobs is the cry" -- The New Deal's "lost legacy" -- From fusion to confusion -- New dealer for the duration -- III. War and postwar -- The local politics of foreign policy -- The battle of New York -- "I hope others will follow New York's example."