{"product_id":"fiorello-la-guardia-ethnicity-reform-and-urban-development-hardback-9781119103493","title":"Fiorello La Guardia; Ethnicity, Reform, and Urban Development (Hardback) 9781119103493","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFiorello La Guardia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEthnicity, Reform, and Urban Development\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRonald H. Bayor (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119103493, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 September 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The new edition of Bayor's \u003ci\u003eFiorello La Guardia \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a wise, approachable introduction to the life and times of perhaps the best-studied mayor in American history [...] Bayor relates all the key episodes of the Little Flower's career, locating them acutely in the political and social contexts in which they unfolded--amid the arc of reform politics in the hustle and bustle of early twentieth-century New York City.\" \u003cb\u003e- Mason B. Williams, Williams College, for the \u003ci\u003eItalian American Review \u003c\/i\u003e(2019) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiorello 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis thoroughly revised second edition of \u003ci\u003eFiorello La Guardia: Ethnicity, Reform, and Urban Development\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConnects 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains 16 new images—of La Guardia, his contemporaries, and city shots—spaced throughout the text\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a timeline of principal dates in La Guardia’s life keyed to significant events in the city’s, state’s, and nation’s history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes key terms and study questions for each chapter\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a completely updated bibliographical essay\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eComprehensive, yet highly accessible, \u003ci\u003eFiorello La Guardia: Ethnicity, Reform, and Urban Development, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Bridging Different Worlds 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 A Fighting Congressman 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 “The Conscience of the Twenties” 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 La Guardia as Mayor: The First Term 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Reelection and Disappointment 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 La Guardia: His Place in History 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 195\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52421401444632,"sku":"9781119103493","price":78.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781119103493.jpg?v=1784595312","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fiorello-la-guardia-ethnicity-reform-and-urban-development-hardback-9781119103493","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}