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The Unheralded Triumph: City Government in America, 1870-1900

The Unheralded Triumph: City Government in America, 1870-1900

Teaford, Jon C.

Paperback

Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political, Book 102

Medical Reference19th Century United States HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1421435241
ISBN13: 9781421435244
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Published: Dec 1 2019
Pages: 386
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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; nearly a century later, his comment continues to set the tone for most assessments of nineteenth-century city government. Yet by the end of the century, as Jon Teaford argues in this important reappraisal, American cities boasted the most abundant water supplies, brightest street lights, grandest parks, largest public libraries, and most efficient systems of transportation in the world. Far from being a conspicuous failure, municipal governments of the late nineteenth century had successfully met challenges of an unprecedented magnitude and complexity.

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