It is, according to David Halberstam, Surely the greatest book ever written about a city. It’s an epic and sad story.Ĭlive Gillinson has been Carnegie Hall’s executive and artistic director since 2005, where he oversees development of artistic concepts for all Carnegie Hall presentations, management of the world-renowned concert hall and operations of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. Caro’s first book, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, every- where acclaimed as a modern classic, was chosen by the Modern Library as one of the hundred greatest nonfiction books of the twentieth century. Moses’ life story is almost biblical - here’s a guy who wants to break down the systems of power and corruption and ultimately the only way to destroy them is to become as they are. The Power Brokers The Power Brokers The Struggle to Shape and Control the Electric Power Industry. Robert Caros monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: that Robert Moses was the single most powerful man of his time in the City and in the. Journals all topics Economics International Affairs, History, & Political Science. Moses shaped so much of the New York we know today and Bob Caro is an incredible storyteller. MIT Press Direct is a distinctive collection of influential MIT Press books curated for scholars and libraries worldwide. When I first arrived in New York, I attended a dinner party at which one of the guests told me that one book could really unlock the city for me: “The Power Broker,” a biography of Robert Moses by Robert Caro.
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