City of Ambition : : Fdr, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York
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Call Number: 974.71 Wi
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: xvii, 494 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780393066913 : HRD
0393066916 : HRD
SUBJECTS
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- 1882-1945.
La Guardia, Fiorello H. -- 1882-1947.
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York.
Depressions -- 1929 -- New York.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951.
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1898-1951.