E-book
Ed Koch and the rebuilding of New York City
Record details
- ISBN: 9780231520904 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0231520905 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780231150323
- ISBN: 0231150326
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xi, 494 p.) - Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-476) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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