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Reclaiming Gotham : Bill de Blasio and the movement to end America's tale of two cities / Juan González.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- González, Juan, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- De Blasio, Bill, 1961-.
- De Blasio, Bill.
- Mayors--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
- Mayors.
- New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1951-.
- New York (N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--21st century.
- New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York ; London : The New Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- How Bill de Blasio's mayoral victory triggered a seismic shift in the nation's urban political landscape--and what it portends for our cities in the future In November 2013, a little-known progressive stunned the elite of New York City by capturing the mayoralty by a landslide.
- Contents:
- Family ghosts: the making of Bill de Blasio
- Race, class, and the urban growth machine
- Radical outsider or political insider?
- The high cost of Michael Bloomberg's New York
- Urban neighborhoods in revolt: the first wave
- The Wall Street crash and the 99 percent
- Insurgents capture City Hall
- New day in Gotham
- The movement spreads
- Fierce resistance and major missteps
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781620972861
- 1620972867
- OCLC:
- 1001287803
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