Boss Cox's Cincinnati: Urban Politics in the Progressive Era

by Zane L. Miller

Book Overview

In the late nineteenth century, a new era began in American urban history, characterized by an explosion of both the populations and the proportions of cities, obliterating their traditional social... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226525988
• ISBN13: 9780226525983
• Release Date: March 1980
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A scholarly and meticulously researched examination

Boss Cox's Cincinnati: Urban Politics In The Progressive Era is a scholarly and meticulously researched examination of late nineteenth century big city politics as exemplified by the political structures of Cincinnati, Ohio under George B. Cox's political machine. Zane Miller (Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of Cincinnati) carefully explores both the nature and the significance of "bossism" and how it and municipal reform were both essential components of the political system in a the time of labor and ethnic unrest, election violence, rising crime rates, political innovation, and civic achievement. Boss Cox's Cincinnati is a highly recommended addition to political science reference collections and reading lists.