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| Author | Robert Caro |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Robert Moses |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | September 16, 1974[1] |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardback, Paperback, ebook |
| Pages | 1,336 |
| ISBN | 0-394-72024-5 |
| OCLC | 1631862 |
| 974.7/04/0924 B | |
| LC Class | NA9085.M68 C37 1975 |
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York is a 1974 biography of Robert Moses by Robert Caro. The book focuses on the creation and use of power in New York local and state politics, as witnessed through Moses's use of unelected positions to design and implement dozens of highways and bridges, sometimes at great cost to the communities he nominally served. It has been repeatedly named one of the best biographies of the 20th century, and has been highly influential on city planners and politicians throughout the United States. The book won a Pulitzer Prize in 1975.[2]
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