The Unheralded Triumph City Government in America, 1870-1900

• Hoofdauteur: Teaford, Jon C. (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Johns Hopkins University Press 2019
• Onderwerpen: Regional government; Regional, state & other local government
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Originally published in 1984. In 1888 the British observer James Bryce declared "the government of cities" to be "the one conspicuous failure of the United States." During the following two decades, urban reformers would repeat Bryce's words with ritualistic regularity; near...