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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

Robert A. Caro

1246 pages

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Discusses the illusion that is a democracy by pointing out what real power looks like and where it comes from.

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Eye-OpeningDeeply ResearchedPolitical & PowerIllusion of democratic powerArchitecture of absolute controlCorruption of public trustUnseen forces shaping cities
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