Power failure : New York City politics and policy since 1960 / by Brecher, Charles

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Henry George and the crisis of inequality : progress and poverty in the gilded age / by O'Donnell, Edward T., 1963-

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Robert Wagner and the rise of New York cCty's plebiscitary mayoralty : the tamer of the tammany tiger / by Flanagan, Richard M.

Table of Contents: “…The Incomplete New Deal in New York -- 3. Mayor Robert F. Wagner and the Unfinished Business of the New Deal -- i. …”
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True mission : socialists and the Labor Party question in the U.S. / by Chester, Eric Thomas

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Local reporting, 1947-1987 : from a county vote fraude to a corrupt city council /

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- introduction -- history and development of the pulitzer prize for local reporting -- selections from award-winning entries -- remarks about the selections criteria -- from mcrae (georgia) in 1947 -- apparent fraud in the election process for a governor -- from new york (new york) in 1948 -- terror and the grip of organized crime in a seaport -- from camden (new jersey) in 1949 -- slaughter of city residents by a frantic war veteran -- from san francisco (california) in 1950 -- internal revenue office suspected of extorting tax payers…”
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From Edward Brooke to Barack Obama : African American political success, 1966-2008 / by Nordin, Dennis S. 1942-

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American experience.

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La catastrophe : the eruption of Mount Pelee, the worst volcanic eruption of the twentieth century / by Scarth, Alwyn

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21st century urban race politics : representing minorities as universal interests /

Table of Contents: “…Ford Dowe, Hanes Walton -- ch. 12. Buffalo, New York : a discussion of Mayor Brown's leadership / Zulema Blair -- ch. 13. …”
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Norman Thomas : the great dissenter / by Gregory, Raymond F., 1927-

Table of Contents: “…The Thomas and Mattoon families -- Working in the slum areas of New York City -- Pacifism and socialism -- Civil liberties in time of war -- Running for elective office -- Running for President -- The Depression years -- The 1932 presidential election and the New Deal -- Arkansas sharecroppers -- The sharecropper problem and the Roosevelt administration -- The decline of the Socialist Party -- Between elections -- Opposing a United States President and a New Jersey mayor -- Fascism, communism and pacifism -- Opposing United States' entry into World War II -- The internment of Japanese-Americans and other wartime civil rights violations -- Taking stock -- The final run for the presidency -- Opposing nuclear testing, supporting disarmament -- Reevaluating socialism -- Confronting racism, the Vietnam War, and injustice -- The great dissenter -- Declining health -- Summing up.…”
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Rainbow Warrior.

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Black America since MLK.

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