About this title: Robert Caro's study reveals Robert Moses as a head of a state agency who seemed to wield more power than most elected officials, and who forever changed the public face of New York City. Moses is credited with building Lincoln Center, the United Nations, and Shea Stadium, among other projects. A fascinating study of personality, politics, and power--and the use of taxpayer money.
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Description: Very Good. 0394720245 Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780394720241ISBN:0394720245
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. clean pages fast shipping delivery with confirmation number. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 1344 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. standard shipping only. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books:
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780394720241ISBN:0394720245
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1, 246 pages + 34 page Index. This book "tells the hidden story behind the shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York (city and state) and makes public what few have known: that Robert Moses was, for almost half a century, the single most powerful man of our time in New York, the shaper not only of the city's politics but of its physical structure and the problems of urban decline that plague us today. " VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER. read more
Edition: 1st printing
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780394720241ISBN:0394720245
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. very slight corner curl, else new unread condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 1344 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Early Printing
Binding: Paperback--trade
Publisher: Vintage Books,, New York, New York:
Date Published: 1975.
ISBN-13:9780394720241ISBN:0394720245
Description: Very Good. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, xxxvii + 1246 pages, stiff illustrated wraps. A very good, clean, sturdy soft cover with light shelf wear and light exterior soiling; binding tight, paper just slightly yellowed. read more
Edition: Edition or Printing Not Stated
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780394720241ISBN:0394720245
Description: Very Good For Age. No Jacket. 9 X 6 X 2. No conspicuous wear. Pages are firm, bright and clean. Binding firm and straight. Page edges and corners good. Illustrated with three sections of B/W photographs and seven maps. 1246 pages, selected interviews & bibliography, notes, plus index. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage, NY
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780394720241ISBN:0394720245
Description: Very Good. 6.25" x 9.25" 1246 pp. First thus. Maps, multiple b/w photos. Notes, bibliography, index. Some edge and corner wear. Bit of staining and soiling of text edges. Upper, front corner of spine slightly bumped. Same with lower back corner of spine, but less so. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780394720241ISBN:0394720245
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. 0394720245. 1246 pages, plus index. Faint crease on front cover, and some light bumping at corners; else clean. Pages just a bit age-toned, but clean. read more
Edition: 68B97
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780394720241ISBN:0394720245
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket. 9 1/4 X 6 1/4. No apparent wear. Pages are firm, bright and clean. Binding very firm and straight. Covers, spine, edges and corners unworn. Illustrated with three sections of B/W photographs and seven maps. 1246 pages, selected interviews & bibliography, notes, plus index. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780394720241ISBN:0394720245
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Edition: First Edition Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780394480763ISBN:0394480767
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition Stated Lacks jacket, there is a deep line in spine resulting from this tomes # of pages & having been left open flat but binding remains quite fim & solid, just slightly bumped corners, else very clean, name & note free. V/G in full black cloth 8vo 1246 pgs + index B&W photos. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 1975-07-01
ISBN-13:9780394720241ISBN:0394720245
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780394720241. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: History Book Club by arrangement with Alfred A. Knof, Inc.
Description: Very Good. B000QRHALE History Book Club, 2006. Hard cover, reprint of 1974 edition. VG condition in VG dust jacket; a nice clean copy. 1246 pages. read more
"Finally finished this classic biography of Robert Moses. After reading Robert Caro's bios of LBJ, I was not surprised by the depth of detail in this book. Mr. Caro certainly does not leave any doubt on his feelings about Mr. Moses and his policies. Since this book was written in 1974, NYC and the suburbs are still reeling from Mr. Moses carcentric transportation views. The Second Ave subway is just being built. The MTA is still in the red. Moses did a lot to build the NY Metro infrastructure but his style and policies in the long run probably did not make NYC a more livable city. I am glad to have read this book after hearing its praises for so many years. It is still hard to believe one man possessed so much power and was able to run rough shod over so many seemingly powerful people. An elderly gentleman saw me reading this book and told me about how Robert Moses in the 1930s tore down his family home in Sunset section of Brooklyn to build a highway! Moses is long gone but not forgotten."
"If there was ever an argument for corruption in government, it might be lurking in these pages. From what I have heard, Caro's portrayal of Moses may be a bit overblown, but this is one of those non-fiction books that is so compelling and so much fun to read that you end up feeling an intense loyalty to its particular version of the story -- regardless of how historically inaccurate it may be. Anyway, it is undisputed that New York looks the way it does today in large part thanks to Robert Moses. So if you are blessed with a disproportionate love for the city, you may also take disproportionate pleasure in this book."
"Bob Caro has a readable way of drawing you into Moses' life story, and shows Moses' fascinating transformation from reformer to ramp-builder. I was unaware that progressives actually *embraced* the automobile and big plans to clear "slums" back in the "good old days." I guess lots of reformers came up saying, "You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs." (An apt epitaph for Moses.)"
"Reading The Power Broker has to be a life altering experience for anyone interested in New York City or politics.
The paradox, which Caro certainly has no power to resolve, that the ability to Get Things Done requires a familiarity with power that leads to as much evil as good, is the central question of politics. This is not so crude a statement as "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely." This is an epic essay on the structures of power and how they move and resist movement. It is an affirmation of the power of the polis to do good and even great things when properly mobilized behind a worthy goal, and a warning of the danger of putting Getting Things Done ahead of the lives of individual people.
I think above everything the point of The Power Broker is the need for transparency in governance. The reason Moses did so much damage was because of secrecy, secrecy sponsored by his Public Authorities and abetted by the complacency of the major media. And openness is what brought Moses down. Transparency is the only weapon we have to fight power."
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