{"product_id":"new-york-at-mid-century-salvatore-john-lagumina-9780313272059","title":"New York at Mid-Century: The Impellitteri Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York at Mid-Century traces the rise of the city's Italian Americans from turn-of-the-century peripheral positions to center stage in politics by 1950, when the electorate was called upon to choose among three Italian-born mayoral candidates--Vincent Impellitteri, Ferdinand Pecora, and Edward Corsi. Their designation to run for mayor reflected a clear ethnic calculation in the Americans of Italian descent, who had emerged as the city's largest nationality group. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImpellitteri's victory as the first independent to win the city mayoralty without the support of a major party was a historic political development. His stewardship over the nation's most important city occurred at a time when New York wrestled with issues of international import, as it became the headquarters of the United Nations. It was a time of mounting pressure on municipal governments struggling to meet demands for increased services with limited financial resources. It was a time also of searing city-based scandals. This volume recounts how an immigrant, a shoemaker's son, dealt with these myriad problems and helped transform New York during a critical historical period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Salvatore John Lagumina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313272050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313272059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.52h x 6.42w x 0.99d","brand":"Salvatore John Lagumina","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372293378303,"sku":"9780313272059","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4a5fc82f-0aca-49e6-a185-6b349f05dc04.jpg?v=1732725547","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-york-at-mid-century-salvatore-john-lagumina-9780313272059","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}