Title City of ambition : FDR, La Guardia, and the making of modern New York / Mason B. Williams.

Publication Info.	New York, NY : W.W. Norton, [2013]
	©2013

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Edition	1st ed.
Description	xvii, 494 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-473) and index.
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."
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.
Subject	New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951.
	National Book Committee.
	History.
Chronological Term	1898-1951
Subject	New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1898-1951.
	Politics and government.
	New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York.
	New Deal, 1933-1939.
	New York (State) -- New York.
	Depressions -- 1929 -- New York (State) -- New York.
	Depressions.
Chronological Term	1929
Subject	Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
	Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
	La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947.
	La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947.
ISBN	9780393066913 hardcover $29.95
	0393066916 hardcover