| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 494 pages) |
| Series |
The Columbia history of urban life |
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Columbia history of urban life.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Struggling to be middle class: Ed Koch's early life -- "It takes a village" (1949-1958) -- "Rhymes with notch" (1959-1964) -- "He's the hottest thing they've got" -- "A rebel with reason" -- "Koch's corridor" (1969-1976) -- "A liberal with sanity:" Koch as the anti-Bella -- "One-seventh of a mayor" (1973-76) -- The 1977 mayoral election -- Mayor!: the dynamics of dynamism (1978-81) -- The politics of race and party -- Shakeup (1979-1980) -- Controlled fusion: or, to Koch or not to Koch (1980-1981) -- Governor Koch? (1982-83) -- Larger than life (1984-1985) -- New spatial order: gentrification, the parks, Times Square -- Homelessness -- The Koch housing plan (1986-1989) -- Aids -- Crime and police issues (1978-1984) -- Crime and police issues (1984-1989) -- Don't follow county leaders and watch your parking meters -- Koch's endgame (1988-89) -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
Exploring Koch's legacy through personal and mayoral papers, authorized interviews, and oral histories, this volume plots a history of New York City through two rarely studied but crucial decades, the bankruptcy of the 1970s and the recovery and crash of the 1980s |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-476) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Koch, Ed, 1924-2013.
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| SUBJECT |
Koch, Ed, 1924-2013 fast |
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Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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Mayors
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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Social policy
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| SUBJECT |
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091433
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social policy
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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| Subject |
New York (State) -- New York
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009034786 |
| ISBN |
9780231520904 |
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0231520905 |
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1282872303 |
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9781282872301 |
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9786612872303 |
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6612872306 |
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