The Ungovernable City by Vincent J Cannato

The Ungovernable City by Vincent J Cannato

An engrossing portrait of a great mayor and the city he tried to save.. Vincent Cannato takes us back to the time when John Lindsay stunned the New York political scene and rode into Gracie Mansion with a liberal Republican agenda, a WASP sensibility, and movie-star good looks. When Lindsay became mayor of New York in 1966, he was seen as a White Knight, the last best hope for a stagnant, troubled city. At the height of his popularity, leading politicians of both parties, including Nelson Rockefeller and Bobby Kennedy, feared the growing cult of personality surrounding him. Lindsay ended his second term, however, conquered by racial, financial, and economic crises. With peerless authority, Cannato explores how Lindsay Liberalism failed to save New York, and, in the opinion of many, left it worse off than it was in the mid sixties.The Ungovernable City is also the story of an American city-perhaps the American city-during a crucial period in twentieth-century history. And all the while, Mayor John Lindsay found himself asking the same questions that Cannato explores: Is New York City governable? How much can the mayor of any large American metropolis really accomplish?

Vincent Cannato is currently Adjunct Scholar at the Hudson Institute on Public Policy in Washington, D.C. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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ISBN 13	9780465008438
ISBN 10	0465008437
Titel	The Ungovernable City
Autor	Vincent J Cannato
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Basic Books
Erscheinungsjahr	2001-06-20
Seitenanzahl	720
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