Week 13: “The Second Toughest Job in America:” The Modern Mayoralty

*Thomas Kessner, Fiorello H. La Guardia and the Making of Modern New York. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989. pp. 257-539.

*Vincent J Cannato, The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and His Struggle to Save New York. New York: Basic Books, 2001. pp. 75-154; 189-266; 301-352; 389-442; 525-553.

*Jonathan M Soffer, Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of New York City. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. pp. 121-203; 241-255; 317-354; 397-404.

^Chris McNickle, The Power of the Mayor: David Dinkins, 1990-1993. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2013. pp. 191-272; 345-360.    S

^Frederick F Siegel and Harry Siegel, The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York and the Genius of American Life 1; The Prince of the City: Giuliani, New York and the Genius of American Life 2. San Francisco, CA: Encounter Books, 2005. pp. 35-56; 99-128; 141-201; 265-278; 301-08; 323-332.    S