America's Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0231152604

ISBN13:9780231152600

Release Date:May 2010

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 7.1" x 10.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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