A worldly affair : New York, the United Nations, and the story behind their unlikely bond /

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"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hanlon, Pamela (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Empire State Editions, an Imprint of Fordham University Press, 2017.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
United Nations > History.
United Nations
Since 1951
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Diplomacy.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
LAW > International.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1951-
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > 1951-
New York (State) > New York
Electronic book.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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