Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City by Anthony Flint

Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City

Anthony Flint

231 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
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The rivalry of Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses, a struggle for the soul of a city, is one of the most dramatic and consequential in modern American history. To a young Jane Jacobs, Greenwich Village, with its winding cobblestone streets and diverse m...

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