City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York

Name: City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York
Author: Mason B. Williams

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Describes the revitalization of New York during the Great Depression as President Roosevelt and Mayor LaGuardia worked together to build parks, bridges, and schools and put people to work by channeling federal resources into cities and counties.

Politics and governmentNew Deal, 1933-1939DepressionsHistoryRoosevelt, franklin d. (franklin delano), 1882-1945La guardia, fiorello h. (fiorello henry), 1882-1947Depressions, 1929New york (n.y.), historyNew york (n.y.), politics and governmentNew Deal