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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Eng Series: The Columbia history of urban lifePublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.Description: xi, 494 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780231150323 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 9780231520904 (electronic)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 974.7/1043092
LOC classification:
  • 002 F 128.54 K76S 2010
Contents:
Introduction -- Struggling to be middle class: Ed Koch's early life -- "It takes a village" (1949-1958) -- "Rhymes with notch" (1959-1964) -- "He's the hottest thing they've got" -- "A rebel with reason" -- "Koch's corridor" (1969-1976) -- "A liberal with sanity:" Koch as the anti-Bella -- "One-seventh of a mayor" (1973-76) -- The 1977 mayoral election -- Mayor!: the dynamics of dynamism (1978-81) -- The politics of race and party -- Shakeup (1979-1980) -- Controlled fusion: or, to Koch or not to Koch (1980-1981) -- Governor Koch? (1982-83) -- Larger than life (1984-1985) -- New spatial order: gentrification, the parks, Times Square -- Homelessness -- The Koch housing plan (1986-1989) -- Aids -- Crime and police issues (1978-1984) -- Crime and police issues (1984-1989) -- Don't follow county leaders and watch your parking meters -- Koch's endgame (1988-89) -- Epilogue.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 002 F 128.54 K76S 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000121905

Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-476) and index.

Introduction -- Struggling to be middle class: Ed Koch's early life -- "It takes a village" (1949-1958) -- "Rhymes with notch" (1959-1964) -- "He's the hottest thing they've got" -- "A rebel with reason" -- "Koch's corridor" (1969-1976) -- "A liberal with sanity:" Koch as the anti-Bella -- "One-seventh of a mayor" (1973-76) -- The 1977 mayoral election -- Mayor!: the dynamics of dynamism (1978-81) -- The politics of race and party -- Shakeup (1979-1980) -- Controlled fusion: or, to Koch or not to Koch (1980-1981) -- Governor Koch? (1982-83) -- Larger than life (1984-1985) -- New spatial order: gentrification, the parks, Times Square -- Homelessness -- The Koch housing plan (1986-1989) -- Aids -- Crime and police issues (1978-1984) -- Crime and police issues (1984-1989) -- Don't follow county leaders and watch your parking meters -- Koch's endgame (1988-89) -- Epilogue.

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