Civic Reform Clubs The alter-ego of chambers in the early Gilded Age, the “dark side of their force” was undoubtably the civic reform or good
Category: Book 3
Political Machines Coexist with Businessman Mayors
Gilded Age Political Machines Machines, as defined in this history, probably existed somewhere and in some form since 1789. At least two critical drivers shaped
Alexander Sheppard’s Political Machine Washington D.C.
Washington DC: Washington D.C. as a policy system seems neither fish nor fowl—through frequently is rather foul. The city does not possess an economic base
the First Political Machines: Philadelphia Gas House Gang 1841 and the Pennsylvania State House Gang–An Early Version
Political Machines: Monkey Wrench or People-Based Economic Development Mention the words “political machine” and visions dance in one’s head of Tammany Hall, the Tweed
the Gilded Age Jurisdictional Policy System: An Opening Intro from Early Version
the Gilded Age Jurisdictional Policy System: Jon C. Teaford observed thatthe Gilded Age city did better than contemporary history admits. The “perfect storm” of
An Early Version of Progressivism 1865-1935: Book 2
A Second Ship Sails Upstream: Progressivism 1865-1933 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN BIG CITIES: Big City Progressivism The stream to which we attach the
Ron W. Coan 