Robert Moses: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Moses’ career and accomplishments are critically analyzed in Robert Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (1974), a massive work; and Joel Schwartz, The New York Approach: Robert Moses, Urban Liberals, and Redevelopment of the Inner City (1993).

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Deleted Web site: eHRAF World Cultures - Han Chinese. Sep 17, 2026
Add new Web site: eHRAF World Cultures - Han Chinese. Sep 17, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 25, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - 'Straight Line Crazy' explores power broker Robert Moses' legacy. Dec 17, 2025
Anniversary information added. Dec 14, 2025
Add new Web site: New York City Department of Parks and Recreation - Robert Moses and the Modern Park System. Nov 12, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Audio - More or Less: Behind the Stats - The extraordinary life of Robert Moses. Mar 20, 2025
Add new Web site: CBS News - Robert Moses, the man who rebuilt New York. Feb 06, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN - Bob Moses’s heroic fight for voting rights should inspire today’s movement, civil rights leaders say. Dec 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Taft School - The Hulbert Taft, Jr. Library - History of New York City: Robert Moses: Videos. May 25, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Stanford University - The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute - Robert Parris Moses. Nov 10, 2023
Add new Web site: New York Preservation Archive Project - Biography of Robert Moses. Mar 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Robert Moses. Jun 06, 2022
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Robert Moses. Jun 04, 2013
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Gateway National Recreation Area - Biography of Robert Moses. Jun 04, 2013
Mention made of Moses's role in the departure of the Dodgers from Brooklyn. Mar 25, 2010
Added an image of Robert Moses at his desk. Mar 25, 2010
Media added. Dec 16, 2009
Added new Web site: Stanford University - Biography of Robert Moses. Nov 28, 2007
Added new Web site: Texas A&M University - Biography of Robert Moses. Nov 28, 2007
Article revised. Mar 25, 1999
Article added to new online database. Mar 21, 1999
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