Caro, Robert A.

The power broker : Robert Moses and the fall of New York / Robert A. Caro. - 1st edition - New York : Knopf, ©1974. - ix, 1246, xxxiv p., [25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes index

Bibliography: p. [1173]-1177

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

This is 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.

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Moses, Robert 1888-1981


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