"All books by Mason B. Williams"
City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York
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
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
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
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
E Book
A powerful history of New York’s transformation from a city of middle-class aspiration to one of entrenched inequality