City of Ambition by Mason B Williams
Fascinating. . . . Williams tells the story of La Guardia and Roosevelt with insight and elegance.Edward Glaeser, New York Times Book Review
"Readable and well-researched history. . tells [a] tale of governmental ambition admirably." -- Wall Street Journal
"Remarkable. . . . In an era when many voters feel that the federal government has no business spending money on cities . . . City of Ambition offers a useful and timely corrective." -- Washington Independent Review of Books
"An excellent account—well written and thoroughly researched—of how FDR and La Guardia, in an era of depression and war, channeled federal resources into crisis-ridden municipalities. Williams’s recounting of their achievement is a salutary reminder of what was once possible, and could be again." -- Mike Wallace, coauthor of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
"This illuminating study offers a fresh vantage from which to comprehend key features of the New Deal and the history of New York. Moving between a vibrant portrayal of persons and incisive accounts of processes, City of Ambition is written with verve and imagination." -- Ira Katznelson, author of Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
"An extraordinary book. In telling the story of how Roosevelt and La Guardia—men as fascinating as they were powerful—forged a mighty political collaboration, it brilliantly reinterprets the New Deal from the vantage point of the nation’s greatest city. It also marks the remarkable debut of a gifted young historian." -- Sean Wilentz, author of The Rise of American Democracy
"Remarkable. . . . In an era when many voters feel that the federal government has no business spending money on cities . . . City of Ambition offers a useful and timely corrective." -- Washington Independent Review of Books
"An excellent account—well written and thoroughly researched—of how FDR and La Guardia, in an era of depression and war, channeled federal resources into crisis-ridden municipalities. Williams’s recounting of their achievement is a salutary reminder of what was once possible, and could be again." -- Mike Wallace, coauthor of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
"This illuminating study offers a fresh vantage from which to comprehend key features of the New Deal and the history of New York. Moving between a vibrant portrayal of persons and incisive accounts of processes, City of Ambition is written with verve and imagination." -- Ira Katznelson, author of Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
"An extraordinary book. In telling the story of how Roosevelt and La Guardia—men as fascinating as they were powerful—forged a mighty political collaboration, it brilliantly reinterprets the New Deal from the vantage point of the nation’s greatest city. It also marks the remarkable debut of a gifted young historian." -- Sean Wilentz, author of The Rise of American Democracy
Mason B. Williams is the author of City of Ambition: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York, an Editors’ Choice of the New York Times Book Review. He teaches at Williams College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393348989 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393348989 |
| Title | City of Ambition |
| Author | Mason B Williams |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2014-08-26 |
| Number of pages | 522 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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