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9781421435268 |
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1421435268 |
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9781421435251 |
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(OCoLC)1127293258 |
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MdBmJHUP |
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MdBmJHUP |
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n-us--- |
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JS323 |
| Item number |
.T427 1984 |
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| Classification number |
352/.00724/0973 |
| Edition number |
19 |
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| Personal name |
Teaford, Jon C. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Unheralded Triumph |
| Remainder of title |
City Government in America, 1870-1900 / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Jon C. Teaford. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
1 online resource (1 online resource xi, 365 pages) : |
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tables. |
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| Series statement |
Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; |
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102d ser. (1984) |
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| General note |
The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Open Access |
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Unrestricted online access |
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star |
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| Summary, etc. |
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." |
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Description based on print version record. |
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Gemeindeverwaltung. |
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swd |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Stadtverwaltung. |
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swd |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Municipal services. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| Authority record control number or standard number |
(OCoLC)fst01029431 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Municipal government. |
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fast |
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(OCoLC)fst01029299 |
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Services municipaux |
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États-Unis |
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Histoire |
| Chronological subdivision |
19e siecle. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Administration municipale |
| Geographic subdivision |
États-Unis |
| General subdivision |
Histoire |
| Chronological subdivision |
19e siecle. |
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Municipal services |
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United States |
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History |
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19th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Municipal government |
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United States |
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History |
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19th century. |
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USA. |
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swd |
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United States. |
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fast |
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(OCoLC)fst01204155 |
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1800-1899 |
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fast |
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Geschichte 1870-1900 |
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swd |
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United States |
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Cities |
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Local government, 1870-1900 |
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Electronic books |
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lcgft |
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History. |
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fast |
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(OCoLC)fst01411628 |
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Electronic books. |
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local |
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Project Muse. |
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| Relationship information |
Print version: |
| Title |
Unheralded triumph. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984 |
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(DLC) 83012082 |
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(OCoLC)9683043 |
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Project Muse. |
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distributor |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; |
| Volume/sequential designation |
102nd ser., 1. |
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Book collections on Project MUSE. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Public note |
Full text available: |
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<a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/book/70846/">https://muse.jhu.edu/book/70846/</a> |
