City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban AmericaPraised for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme, this edition brings city politics of the global era into sharp focus by tracing the development of urban America from the nation's founding to the present. |
Contents
The Struggle for Primacy and Power | 11 |
Party Machines and the Immigrants | 46 |
The Reform Crusades | 70 |
Copyright | |
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