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The Prince of the City
Fred Siegel
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Description for The Prince of the City
Paperback. Features a character study of Giuliani, one of America's most charismatic public figures, a history of New York, and an inquiry into the issue of how cities thrive or die. This book also presents an account of September 11, 2001, revealing how Giuliani's s eight years in office had prepared him and the city to rise to this tragic occasion. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
In this first post-9/11 account of the career of the man who established himself as "America's Mayor" in the dark days after America was attacked, Fred Siegel shows how Rudy Giuliani's successes in New York--restoring law and order, cutting taxes and radically reducing the welfare rolls--demonstrated that Gotham was indeed "governable" (a matter of doubt until his election) and that our major cities might again become vibrant and dynamic places to live after thirty years of middle-class flight. Someone who has worked with Giuliani as well as studied him, Siegel describes this colorful figure as an "immoderate centrist," who, like ... Read more
In this first post-9/11 account of the career of the man who established himself as "America's Mayor" in the dark days after America was attacked, Fred Siegel shows how Rudy Giuliani's successes in New York--restoring law and order, cutting taxes and radically reducing the welfare rolls--demonstrated that Gotham was indeed "governable" (a matter of doubt until his election) and that our major cities might again become vibrant and dynamic places to live after thirty years of middle-class flight. Someone who has worked with Giuliani as well as studied him, Siegel describes this colorful figure as an "immoderate centrist," who, like ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
Number of Pages
374
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781594031496
SKU
V9781594031496
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