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Book Synopsis
Offers the first comprehensive study of nationwide Socialist activity at the municipal level during the Progressive Era. This is a unique study of the Socialist mayors in this period: their election, how they approached their job, and what they accomplished.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Going from Outsider to Insider
  • 1. The Party Framework
  • 2. Municipal Reform: Where the Socialists Fitted In
  • 3. The Socialist Municipal Program
  • 4. Socialist Mayors: The Rising and Falling Tide
  • 5. Getting There, Staying There
  • 6. Coming In, Progress, and Problems
  • 7. Being Mayor: Limitations, Opportunities, and Roles
  • 8. Managing, Budgeting, Cleaning Up the Town
  • 9. The Working Class, Labor, and Business
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Biographies of Featured Mayors
  • Appendix 2: Municipalities with Social Administration, 1898-1920
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas
      Publication Date: 5/27/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780700633371, 978-0700633371
      ISBN10: 0700633375
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      Constitution: government and the state

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers the first comprehensive study of nationwide Socialist activity at the municipal level during the Progressive Era. This is a unique study of the Socialist mayors in this period: their election, how they approached their job, and what they accomplished.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Introduction: Going from Outsider to Insider
      • 1. The Party Framework
      • 2. Municipal Reform: Where the Socialists Fitted In
      • 3. The Socialist Municipal Program
      • 4. Socialist Mayors: The Rising and Falling Tide
      • 5. Getting There, Staying There
      • 6. Coming In, Progress, and Problems
      • 7. Being Mayor: Limitations, Opportunities, and Roles
      • 8. Managing, Budgeting, Cleaning Up the Town
      • 9. The Working Class, Labor, and Business
      • Conclusion
      • Appendix 1: Biographies of Featured Mayors
      • Appendix 2: Municipalities with Social Administration, 1898-1920
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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