Bosses and Reformers: Urban Politics in America, 1880-1920Blaine A. Brownell, Warren E. Stickle The story of urban politics in the years between 1880 and 1920 has all too often been perceived, by journalistic muckrakers and academic historians alike, as a ceaseless struggle between bosses and reformers, with the reformers winning out in the end. The major view expressed in this book is that this boss-reformer dichtomy is not valid; political leaders and their organizations, ideas, and goals simply do not fit into the regid framework that such a notion imposes on the incredibly complex reality of urban politics. -- Preface. |
Contents
The City Boss and the Urban Political Machine | 1 |
The Dynamics of Urban Reform | 79 |
The City Boss and Urban Reform | 163 |
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