The Power Broker

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biography book

The Power Broker is Robert A. Caro’s landmark biography of urban planner Robert Moses, renowned for its exhaustive research and incisive examination of political power and city-building in 20th-century New York.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biography ⓘ
book ⓘ
author Robert A. Caro ⓘ
awarded Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ
awardYear 1975 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts displacement caused by urban renewal ⓘ
role of public authorities in governance ⓘ
use of unelected power ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
focusesOn Robert Moses’s control of public authorities ⓘ
Robert Moses’s rise to power ⓘ
construction of highways and bridges ⓘ
impact on New York City neighborhoods ⓘ
relationship between democracy and bureaucracy ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
political biography ⓘ
hasReputation classic of investigative biography ⓘ
influential study of political power ⓘ
landmark work on American urbanism ⓘ
influenced biographical writing style ⓘ
political science discourse on power ⓘ
urban studies scholarship ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Robert Moses ⓘ
notableCharacter Al Smith ⓘ
Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ
surface form: Fiorello La Guardia

Nelson Rockefeller ⓘ
Robert Moses ⓘ
notableFor detailed endnotes ⓘ
exhaustive research ⓘ
incisive analysis of power ⓘ
influence on understanding of urban politics ⓘ
pages ~1200 ⓘ
publicationDate 1974 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
setInLocation New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State
structure single-volume biography ⓘ
timePeriodCovered early 20th century ⓘ
mid-20th century ⓘ
topic 20th-century New York ⓘ
city-building ⓘ
infrastructure development ⓘ
political power ⓘ
public works ⓘ
transportation policy ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ

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Time magazine Top 100 non-fiction books since 1923 → hasPart → The Power Broker ⓘ
Robert A. Caro → notableWork → The Power Broker ⓘ
Robert Moses → subjectOf → The Power Broker ⓘ
Caro → notableWork → The Power Broker ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert A. Caro
Ina Caro → assistedInResearchFor → The Power Broker ⓘ
documentary film "Turn Every Page" → featuresWork → The Power Broker ⓘ
subject surface form: Turn Every Page