New 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. Impellitteri'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.
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