Reforming the City: The Contested Origins of Urban Government, 1890-1930 by Ariane Liazos

Reforming the City: The Contested Origins of Urban Government, 1890-1930

Ariane Liazos

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nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
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Most American cities are now administered by appointed city managers and governed by councils chosen in nonpartisan, at-large elections. In the early twentieth century, many urban reformers claimed these structures would make city government more ...

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