Robert Moses and the modern city : the transformation of New York / edited by Hilary Ballon and Kenneth T. Jackson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ballon, Hilary.

Jackson, Kenneth T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moses, Robert, 1888-1981.

Moses, Robert.

City planners--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

City planners.

Municipal officials and employees--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Municipal officials and employees.

Public works--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Public works.

New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

New York (State).

Physical Description:

336 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Co., c2007.

Contents:

Robert Moses projects, a portfolio / Andrew Moore

Introduction / Hilary Ballon and Kenneth T. Jackson

Robert Moses and the rise of New York, the power broker in perspective / Kenneth T. Jackson

Equipping the public realm, rethinking Robert Moses and recreation / Marta Gutman

Rebuilding New York in the auto age, Robert Moses and his highways

Owen T. Gutfreund

Robert Moses and urban renewal, the Title I program / Hilary Ballon

Robert Moses, race and the limits on an activist state / Martha Biondi

Revolt of the urbs, Robert Moses and his critics / Robert Fishman

Robert Moses and city planning / Joel Schwartz

Catalog of built work and projects in New York City, 1934-1968, pools, beaches, neighborhood playgrounds and parks, city parks, roads and crossings, housing and urban renewal, miscellaneous projects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pulitzer Prize, 1975.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Greenfield fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780393732061 (hardcover)

0393732061 (hardcover)

9780393732436 (paperback)

0393732436 (paperback)