A worldly affair : New York, the United Nations, and the story behind their unlikely bond / Pamela Hanlon.
"A Worldly Affair will look at the history of the city's often difficult relationship with the UN. Hanlon takes the reader from the days of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, dogged in his determination to bring the world capitol to his city; through the troubling decades when many questioned whet...
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Empire State Editions, an Imprint of Fordham University Press,
2017.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Map: United Nations in New York; Timeline: New York Mayors and UN Secretaries General; Prologue; 1. City Rebuffed; 2. Suburbia Unnerved; 3. Cosmopolitan Charm; 4. Rockefellers to the Rescue; 5. Rise of a Cityscape Icon; 6. Smoothing out the Wrinkles; 7. Learning to Live Side by Side; Gallery; 8. Autumn in New York; 9. Tussle over Tickets; 10. Trio Created; 11. Making a Mark; 12. Quandary over Age; 13. Renewal of a Cityscape Icon; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Sources; Index.