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    Capital of the world : the race to host the United Nations (2013)
    New York ; London : New York University Press
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    Format: 1 Online-Ressource
    ISBN: 9780814708354 , 9780814723869
    Content: From 1944 to 1946, as the world pivoted from the Second World War to an unsteady peace, Americans in more than two hundred cities and towns mobilized to chase an implausible dream. The newly-created United Nations needed a meeting place, a central place for global diplomacy—a Capital of the World. But what would it look like, and where would it be? Without invitation, civic boosters in every region of the United States leapt at the prospect of transforming their hometowns into the Capital of the World. The idea stirred in big cities—Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis, New Orleans, Denver, and more. It fired imaginations in the Black Hills of South Dakota and in small towns from coast to coast. Meanwhile, within the United Nations the search for a headquarters site became a debacle that threatened to undermine the organization in its earliest days. At times it seemed the world’s diplomats could agree on only one thing: under no circumstances did they want the United Nations to be based in New York. And for its part, New York worked mightily just to stay in the race it would eventually win. With a sweeping view of the United States’ place in the world at the end of World War II, Capital of the World tells the dramatic, surprising, and at times comic story of hometown promoters in pursuit of an extraordinary prize and the diplomats who struggled with the balance of power at a pivotal moment in history
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-8147-0794-4
    Language: English
    Keywords: USA ; Vereinte Nationen Headquarters ; Großstadt ; Wettbewerb ; Bauentwurf ; Geschichte 1944-1949
    DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814708354.001.0001
    URL: Volltext  (kostenfrei)
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    URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814708354
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    Capital of the world : the race to host the United Nations (2013)
    New York :New York University Press,
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    almahu_9949687529902882
    Format: 1 online resource (328 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 0-8147-0835-8
    Content: From 1944 to 1946, as the world pivoted from the Second World War to an unsteady peace, Americans in more than two hundred cities and towns mobilized to chase an implausible dream. The newly-created United Nations needed a meeting place, a central place for global diplomacy—a Capital of the World. But what would it look like, and where would it be? Without invitation, civic boosters in every region of the United States leapt at the prospect of transforming their hometowns into the Capital of the World. The idea stirred in big cities—Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis, New Orleans, Denver, and more. It fired imaginations in the Black Hills of South Dakota and in small towns from coast to coast. Meanwhile, within the United Nations the search for a headquarters site became a debacle that threatened to undermine the organization in its earliest days. At times it seemed the world’s diplomats could agree on only one thing: under no circumstances did they want the United Nations to be based in New York. And for its part, New York worked mightily just to stay in the race it would eventually win. With a sweeping view of the United States’ place in the world at the end of World War II, Capital of the World tells the dramatic, surprising, and at times comic story of hometown promoters in pursuit of an extraordinary prize and the diplomats who struggled with the balance of power at a pivotal moment in history.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record. , pt. I. From war to peace -- pt. II. The new world -- pt. III. American dreams. , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 1-4798-3375-4
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8147-0794-7
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.18574/9780814708354
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    Capital of the world : the race to host the United Nations (2013)
    New York : New York University Press
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    gbv_741669498
    Format: Online-Ressource (319 p) , ill
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    ISBN: 9780814707944
    Content: ""A fascinating account of the enthusiastic effort to establish a home for the fledgling United Nations at the end of World War II. Mires creates a powerful sense of suspense as she describes the intense competition among boosters from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and even the Black Hills of South Dakota. In lively and elegant prose, from the first sentence to the last, she captures the contradictory visions of the 'Capital of the World' that persisted from beginning to end."" -Allan M. Winkler, Distinguished Professor of History, Miami University From 1944 to 1946, as the world pivoted f
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , pt. I. From war to peace -- pt. II. The new world -- pt. III. American dreams. , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780814708354
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780814707944
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Capital of the World : The Race to Host the United Nations
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
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    Capital of the world : the race to host the United Nations (2013)
    New York :New York University Press,
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    kobvindex_HPB827947211
    Format: 1 online resource
    ISBN: 9780814708354 , 0814708358
    Content: An account of the enthusiastic effort to establish a home for the fledgling United Nations at the end of World War II. The author creates a powerful sense of suspense as she describes the intense competition among boosters from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and even the Black Hills of South Dakota. In lively prose, she captures the contradictory visions of the "Capital of the World" that persisted from beginning to end. This book tells the dramatic, surprising, and at times comic story of hometown promoters in pursuit of an extraordinary prize and the diplomats who struggled with the balance of power at a pivotal moment in history.
    Note: FROM WAR TO PEACE. , Inspiration ; , Hope ; , Schemes -- , NEW WORLD. , Blitz ; , Showtime! ; , Surprise -- , AMERICAN DREAMS. , Stumble ; , Scramble ; , Deal.
    Additional Edition: Print version: Mires, Charlene. Capital of the world. New York : New York University Press, [2013] ISBN 9780814707944
    Language: English
    URL: De Gruyter
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    URL: JSTOR
    URL: NYU Press Open Square
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    URL: De Gruyter, Cover
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    Capital of the world : the race to host the United Nations (2013)
    New York [u.a.] :New York Univ. Press,
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    almafu_BV040920097
    Format: 319 S. : , Ill., Kt.
    ISBN: 978-0-8147-0794-4 , 978-1-4798-3375-7 , 978-0-8147-0835-4 , 978-0-8147-2386-9
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Language: English
    Keywords: Headquarters ; Großstadt ; Wettbewerb ; Bauentwurf
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