Author: Cleveland (Ohio)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cleveland (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
Reports of the Departments of Government of the City of Cleveland for the Year Ending Dec. 31 ... Together with the Message of Mayor ... and Inaugural Address of ...
Author: Cleveland (Ohio)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cleveland (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
City-building In America
Author: Anthony M OrumPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429970145
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Why do some cities grow and expand, while others dwindle and decline? Why is Milwaukee a town of the past, while Minneapolis-St. Paul seems reborn and infused with future dynamism? And what do Milwaukee and the Twin Cities have to tell us about other cities' prospects, the trials and destinies of industrial Cleveland and post-industrial Austin? Anthony Orum's new book tells the story of these cities and, at the same time, of all cities. Here the urban past, present, and future are woven into one compelling tale. Orum traces the shift in the sources of urban growth from entrepreneurs to institutions and highlights the emergence of local government as a prominent force—indeed, as an institution—in shaping the trajectory of the urban industrial heartland. This complex trajectory includes all aspects of urban boom and bust: population trends, economic prosperity, politics and culture, as well as hard-to-pin-down qualities like a city's collective hope and vision. Interspersing social theory, historical ethnography, and comparative analysis to help explain the fates of different cities, Orum lucidly portrays factory openings, labor strikes, elections, evictions, urban blight, white flight, recession, and rejuvenation to show the core histories—and future shape—of cities beyond the particulars presented in these pages. The reader will discover the key people and politics of cities along with the forces that direct them. With a rich variety of sources including newspapers, diaries, census materials, maps, photo essays, and, perhaps most captivating, original oral histories, City-Building in America is ideal for anyone interested in urban transformation and for courses in urban sociology, urban politics, industrial sociology, social change, and social mobility.
Annual Reports of the War Department
Author: United States. War DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1392
Book Description
Annual Report of the Department of the Interior
Author: United States. Department of the InteriorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public lands
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: John Crerar LibraryState and Local Government Special Studies
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Unheralded Triumph
Author: Jon C. TeafordPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142143525X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
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; 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. The Unheralded Triumph draws together the histories of the most important cities of the Gilded Age—especially New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Baltimore—to chart the expansion of services and the improvement of urban environments between 1870 and 1900. It examines the ways in which cities were transformed, in a period of rapid population growth and increased social unrest, into places suitable for living. Teaford demonstrates how, during the last decades of the nineteenth century, municipal governments adapted to societal change with the aid of generally compliant state legislatures. These were the years that saw the professionalization of city government and the political accommodation of the diverse ethnic, economic, and social elements that compose America's heterogeneous urban society. Teaford acknowledges that the expansion of urban services dangerously strained city budgets and that graft, embezzlement, overcharging, and payroll-padding presented serious problems throughout the period. The dissatisfaction with city governments arose, however, not so much from any failure to achieve concrete results as from the conflicts between those hostile groups accommodated within the newly created system: "For persons of principle and gentlemen who prized honor, it seemed a failure yet American municipal government left as a legacy such achievements as Central Park, the new Croton Aqueduct, and the Brooklyn Bridge, monuments of public enterprise that offered new pleasures and conveniences for millions of urban citizens."
House documents
Author: Annual Report for the Year ...
Author: John Crerar LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Checklist of Basic Municipal Documents
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description