Bernard Hirschhorn

Democracy Reformed

Richard Spencer Childs and His Fight for Better Government

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Depicts Childs as an archetype of reform in the Progressive Era.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780313301445
• ISBN-10: 0313301441
• Artikelnr.: 25565156

Autorenporträt

BERNARD HIRSCHHORN is a historian who is currently writing articles and book reviews on American subjects. He has held positions of Adjunct Professor of History at Bernard Baruch College of the City University of New York, high school social studies teacher at Martin Van Buren High School in Queens, and Chairman of the Department of Social Studies at Fiorello H. La Guardia High School in Manhattan.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by William N. Cassella
Jr. List of Illustrations Introduction Civic Engagement The Ballot Game Prescription for Democracy The Politics of Short Ballot Reform
1910-1920 "We Learn to Manage Cities
" 1912-1933 "The New Profession of City Manager
" 1914-1937 Exploring the "Dark Continent": American Counties
1912-1930 Reform: The New York Experience
1934-1977 Childs' Play: Civic Battlefront Revisited
1947-1977 "Best States for a Murder
" 1947-1977 Inside Political Parties
1952-1977 Loss and Remembrance Epilogue Notes Bibliographical Essay Index