| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 494 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The Columbia history of urban life
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Columbia history of urban life.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-476) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Koch, Ed, 1924-2013.
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Koch, Ed, 1924-2013. |
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Koch, Ed, 1924- |
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Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Mayors. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
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National Book Committee. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1951- |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social policy.
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Social policy. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Since 1900 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Soffer, Jonathan M., 1956- Ed Koch and the rebuilding of New York City. New York : Columbia University Press, 2010 9780231150323 (DLC) 2009034786 (OCoLC)435711036 |
| ISBN |
9780231520904 (electronic book) |
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0231520905 (electronic book) |
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9780231150323 |
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0231150326 |
| Standard No. |
9786612872303 |
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