Mason B. Williams
Mason B. Williams is the author of City of Ambition: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York, an Editors’ Choice of the New York Times Book Review. He teaches at Williams College.
Mason B. Williams
Mason B. Williams is the author of City of Ambition: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York, an Editors’ Choice of the New York Times Book Review. He teaches at Williams College.
Books by Mason B. Williams

City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York
Mason B. Williams
Hardback, 2013
Two political titans forge a modern city and a vibrant public sector in this history of strong leadership at a time of national crisis.
City of Ambition: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York
Mason B. Williams
Paperback, 2014
“Fascinating. . . . Williams tells the story of La Guardia and Roosevelt with insight and elegance.”—Edward Glaeser, New York Times Book Review
City of Ambition: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York
Mason B. Williams
E Book, 2013
“Fascinating. . . . Williams tells the story of La Guardia and Roosevelt with insight and elegance.”—Edward Glaeser, New York Times Book Review
City of Fortune: Inequality and the Making of Contemporary New York
Mason B. Williams
Hardback, 2026
A powerful history of New York’s transformation from a city of middle-class aspiration to one of entrenched inequality

City of Fortune: Inequality and the Making of Contemporary New York
Mason B. Williams
E Book
A powerful history of New York’s transformation from a city of middle-class aspiration to one of entrenched inequality


