{"product_id":"the-unheralded-triumph-9781421435244","title":"The Unheralded Triumph","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally 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 Ageespecially New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Baltimore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Trumpeted Failures and Unheralded Triumphs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. The Structure of Urban Rule\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Neighborhood Power: The City Council \u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Respectable Rulers: Executive Officers and Independent Commissions \u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. State Legislatures and Urban America \u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Reforming the City-State Relationship \u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Professionals \u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Bosses and Businessmen: Extralegal Molders of Municipal Rule \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. The Functions and Finances of Urban Government\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. The Triumph of Technology \u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Creating a Humane and Ordered Environment \u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Boom, Bust, and Urban Rule: Financing City Government \u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Triumph with the Taste of Defeat \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408135233879,"sku":"9781421435244","price":46.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421435244.jpg?v=1730501713","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-unheralded-triumph-9781421435244","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}