The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Power Broker is a 1974 biography by Robert A. Caro detailing the life and career of urban planner Robert Moses. The book examines how Moses amassed sweeping unelected authority to reshape the physical landscape and infrastructure of New York City and its surrounding metropolitan area. Caro investigates the mechanics of political patronage, urban renewal, and bureaucratic power through the decades of Moses's dominance. The work received the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1975.
Non-fictionBiographyPoliticsHistoryAmerican History
Knopf · First published 1974 · 1246 pages
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