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Product Identifiers

PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-101119103509

ISBN-139781119103509

eBay Product ID (ePID)239750609

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

Publication NameFiorello La Guardia : Ethnicity, Reform, and Urban Development

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

SubjectAmerican Government / Local, Political, United States / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorRonald H. Bayor

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight8.8 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2017-014339

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal328.73/092 B

Table Of ContentPreface and Acknowledgments vii 1 Bridging Different Worlds 1 2 A Fighting Congressman 21 3 "The Conscience of the Twenties" 49 4 La Guardia as Mayor: The First Term 79 5 Reelection and Disappointment 133 6 La Guardia: His Place in History 177 Bibliographical Essay 185 Index 195

SynopsisDidYou Know? This book is available as a Wiley E-Text. The Wiley E-Text is a complete digital version of the text that makes time spent studying more efficient. Course materials can be accessed on a desktop, laptop, or mobile device so that learning can take place anytime, anywhere. A more affordable alternative to traditional print, the Wiley E-Text creates a flexible user experience: Access on-the-go Search across content Highlight and take notes Save money! The Wiley E-Text can be purchased in the following ways: Check with your bookstore for available e-textbook options Wiley E-Text: Powered by VitalSource ISBN 978-1-119-10353-0 Directly from: www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell, Fiorello La Guardia was an ambitious man who wanted great success for himself--but he also wanted to advocate on behalf of the poor and forgotten. Through hard work and perseverance he managed to achieve both. This work examines the life of the man who not only became one of New York's greatest and most renowned mayors, but who brought about some of the most important changes in the history of the city. This thoroughly revised second edition of Fiorello La Guardia: Ethnicity, Reform, and Urban Development looks at the many events of the popular mayor's life--his early beginnings as a politician, the events surrounding his life and city, his multiple terms as New York City's Mayor, his personal and professional disappointments, and his ultimate place in history. It also examines the broader subject of cities during times of stress, the ability of mayors to enhance urban life, and the origins of federal aid to cities. Connects the New York and urban story to that of the nation and to the subfields of Progressivism, the Depression, the New Deal, and World War II Contains 16 new images--of La Guardia, his contemporaries, and city shots--spaced throughout the text Offers a timeline of principal dates in La Guardia's life keyed to significant events in the city's, state's, and nation's history Includes key terms and study questions for each chapter Features a completely updated bibliographical essay Comprehensive, yet highly accessible, Fiorello La Guardia: Ethnicity, Reform, and Urban Development, Second Edition makes ideal supplementary reading for survey courses in the history of New York or New York City as well as for general American History courses., Fiorello La Guardia was an ambitious man who wanted great success for himself but he also wanted to advocate on behalf of the poor and forgotten. Through hard work and perseverance he managed to achieve both.

LC Classification NumberE748.L23B38 2017