Bosses and Reformers: Urban Politics in America, 1880-1920

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Blaine A. Brownell, Warren E. Stickle
Houghton Mifflin, 1973 - History - 252 pages
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.

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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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