Soffer, Jonathan M.,  1956- <br/><br/>
Ed Koch and the rebuilding of New York City / 
Jonathan Soffer. 
 - New York :  Columbia University Press,  2010. 
 - xi, 494 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - The Columbia history of urban life .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-476) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Struggling to be middle class: Ed Koch's early life -- "It takes a village" (1949-1958) -- "Rhymes with notch" (1959-1964) -- "He's the hottest thing they've got" -- "A rebel with reason" -- "Koch's corridor" (1969-1976) -- "A liberal with sanity:" Koch as the anti-Bella -- "One-seventh of a mayor" (1973-76) -- The 1977 mayoral election -- Mayor!: the dynamics of dynamism (1978-81) -- The politics of race and party -- Shakeup (1979-1980) -- Controlled fusion: or, to Koch or not to Koch (1980-1981) -- Governor Koch? (1982-83) -- Larger than life (1984-1985) -- New spatial order: gentrification, the parks, Times Square -- Homelessness -- The Koch housing plan (1986-1989) -- Aids -- Crime and police issues (1978-1984) -- Crime and police issues (1984-1989) -- Don't follow county leaders and watch your parking meters -- Koch's endgame (1988-89) -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231150323 (cloth : acid-free paper) 9780231520904 (electronic) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009034786 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Koch, Ed, 1924-2013. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mayors--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1951-<br/>New York (N.Y.)--Social policy.<br/>New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 F 128.54  / K76S 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>974.7/1043092