Boss Cox's Cincinnati, Urban Politics in the Progressive Era
(Part of the Urban Life and Urban Landscape Series)
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In the late nineteenth century, a new era began in American urban history, characterized by an explosion of both the populations and the proportions of cities, obliterating their traditional social... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195009878
ISBN13:9780195009873
Release Date:January 1970
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:318 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
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A scholarly and meticulously researched examination
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Boss Cox's Cincinnati: Urban Politics In The Progressive Era is a scholarly and meticulously researched examination of late nineteenth century big city politics as exemplified by the political structures of Cincinnati, Ohio under George B. Cox's political machine. Zane Miller (Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of Cincinnati) carefully explores both the nature and the significance of "bossism" and how it and municipal reform were both essential components of the political system in a the time of labor and ethnic unrest, election violence, rising crime rates, political innovation, and civic achievement. Boss Cox's Cincinnati is a highly recommended addition to political science reference collections and reading lists.
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