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"Phillips-Fein deftly recounts the clash between government entities and vested interests as New York struggled to cope with slashed social service budgets . . . Sobering, smart reading with many pointed lessons for activists.-- ""Kirkus Starred Review"" ""Fear City helps sheds much-needed light on a range of contemporary crises, from the starvation of public services amidst enormous private wealth to the rise of Donald Trump. Kim Phillips-Fein is a historian of the first order."" -- ""Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author"" ""A powerful and involving work of narrative history...This is a book that deserves an audience beyond New York City history buffs, and all the more so because of its relevance to our political moment. The young Donald Trump makes a brief cameo appearance as an icon of the new New York."" -- ""New York Times Book Review"" ""Given events since, New York's crisis―and the author's astute account of it―seems oddly timely...Sobering, smart reading with many pointed lessons for activists."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"" ""Narrating this well-documented account of the city's policy and leadership missteps during that time, Pam Ward captures the intensity and broader importance of how competing ideologies and hostilities played out among the various levels of government. She is equally sensitive to the audiobook's fascinating characters and the urban governance issues now being debated across the country. Her dramatic delivery is appealing and always in sync with the narrative flow. This important history of one city puts flesh on the broader debates we're having about the role of government in our society today."" -- ""AudioFile"" ""Paced like a thriller and extremely well written...with almost cinematic flair, and by the time the credits roll, the significance of her accomplishment becomes clear. The book should be required reading for all those interested in the past, present, and future of democratic politics."" -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" ""This revealing narrative of New York's transformation from working-class social democracy to the glittering home of fancy finance reminds us that behind the mask of austerity there always lurks a bitter politics of class."" -- ""James K. Galbraith, New York Times bestselling author"""

Phillips-Fein deftly recounts the clash between government entities and vested interests as New York struggled to cope with slashed social service budgets . . . Sobering, smart reading with many pointed lessons for activists.-- Kirkus Starred Review Fear City helps sheds much-needed light on a range of contemporary crises, from the starvation of public services amidst enormous private wealth to the rise of Donald Trump. Kim Phillips-Fein is a historian of the first order. -- Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author A powerful and involving work of narrative history...This is a book that deserves an audience beyond New York City history buffs, and all the more so because of its relevance to our political moment. The young Donald Trump makes a brief cameo appearance as an icon of the new New York. -- New York Times Book Review Given events since, New York's crisis and the author's astute account of it seems oddly timely...Sobering, smart reading with many pointed lessons for activists. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Narrating this well-documented account of the city's policy and leadership missteps during that time, Pam Ward captures the intensity and broader importance of how competing ideologies and hostilities played out among the various levels of government. She is equally sensitive to the audiobook's fascinating characters and the urban governance issues now being debated across the country. Her dramatic delivery is appealing and always in sync with the narrative flow. This important history of one city puts flesh on the broader debates we're having about the role of government in our society today. -- AudioFile Paced like a thriller and extremely well written...with almost cinematic flair, and by the time the credits roll, the significance of her accomplishment becomes clear. The book should be required reading for all those interested in the past, present, and future of democratic politics. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) This revealing narrative of New York's transformation from working-class social democracy to the glittering home of fancy finance reminds us that behind the mask of austerity there always lurks a bitter politics of class. -- James K. Galbraith, New York Times bestselling author

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Kim Phillips-Fein is the author of Invisible Hands: The Businessmen's Crusade Against the New Deal. She teaches history at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and has written for the Nation, Dissent, the Baffler, the Atlantic, and the New York Times, among other publications. She lives in New York City. Pam Ward, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress' Talking Books program. The fact that she can work with Blackstone Audio from the beauty of the mountains of Southern Oregon is an unexpected bonus.

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