Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City /

Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City / / Jonathan Soffer.

In 1978, Ed Koch assumed control of a city plagued by filth, crime, bankruptcy, and racial tensions. By the end of his mayoral run in 1989 and despite the Wall Street crash of 1987, his administration had begun rebuilding neighborhoods and infrastructure. Unlike many American cities, Koch's New...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Soffer, Jonathan,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Columbia History of Urban Life
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Physical Description:1 online resource (528 p.) :; 19 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Struggling to Be Middle Class
  • 3. It Takes a Village (1949-58)
  • 4. "Rhymes with Notch" (1959-64)
  • 5. The Man Who Beat Carmine De Sapio
  • 6. A Rebel with Reason
  • 7. Koch's Corridor (1969-76)
  • 8. "A Liberal with Sanity"
  • 9. New York
  • 10. The 1977 Mayoral Election
  • 11. The Critical First Term (1978-81)
  • 12. The Politics of Race and Party
  • 13. Shake-up (1979-80)
  • 14. Controlled Fusion
  • 15. Governor Koch? (1982-83)
  • 16. Larger Than Life (1984-85)
  • 17. A New Spatial Order
  • 18. Homelessness
  • 19. The Koch Housing Plan (1986-89)
  • 20. AIDS
  • 21. Crime and Police Issues (1978-84)
  • 22. The Ward Years
  • 23. Don't Follow County Leaders, and Watch Your Parking Meters (1986)
  • 24. Koch's Endgame (1988-89)
  • 25. Epilogue
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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