Title & Author:

America's mayor : John V. Lindsay and the reinvention of New York / edited by Sam Roberts.

Publication:

New York : Museum of the City of New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.
©2010

Description:

viii, 247 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / by Sam Roberts -- City in crisis I / by Sam Roberts -- The making of the mayor /by Richard Reeves -- Black and white / by Charlayne Hunter-Gault -- Power to the rest of the people / by Pete Hamill -- Crime and punishment / by Nicholas Pileggi-- Adventure playground / by James Sanders -- The politics of change / by John Mollenkopf -- Lindsay and labor / by Joshua B. Freeman -- The physical city / by Hilary Ballon -- The second toughest job / by Jeff Greenfield -- New York's Great Society / by Charles R. Morris -- City in crisis II /by Steven Weisman -- The mayoral matchup / by Kenneth T. Jackson.

Summary:

"In a stunning repudiation of the Democratic machine, John V. Lindsay (1921-2000) captured the New York mayoralty in 1965 by promising to rid the city of apathy and corruption and make New York governable again. Over the next eight years, Lindsay presided over a city at the vortex of the civil rights, antiwar, women's, and gay rights movements, a turbulent global economy, demographic upheaval defined by an influx of blacks and Puerto Ricans and an exodus of whites, and volatile local labor politics further fractured by race. He would revolutionize urban planning, hoping to make New York not just inhabitable but enjoyable--a celebration of itself-and he would attempt to overhaul the government's services and priorities. Some reforms succeeded. Others failed. While few have evaluated Lindsay's controversial legacy with the benefit of hindsight and within the context of national cultural upheaval, this book does just that."-- Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9780231152600 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
9780231152617 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
0231152604 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
0231152612 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Lindsay, John V. (John Vliet)
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1951-
New York (N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) Administration 1951-
New York (State) New York.
New York (stad)

Added entries:

Roberts, Sam, 1947- editor.

John V. Lindsay and the reinvention of New York

Holdings:

Location: Library main 269968
Call No.: BIB 202471
Status: Available