ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1991, Reform in New York City provides an interpretive synthesis of urban progressivism and provides a comprehensive historical look at progressivism in New York City. The book argues that urban reform still poses a major historiographical challenge to historians working today and that there is limited analysis of the social and political action that characterised turn of the century New York. The book addresses the conceptual approaches, interpretive differences, and thematic emphasis of the urban reform agenda.

chapter 1|6 pages

Urban Progressivism: The New York Setting

part I|72 pages

The Nineteenth Century Reform Tradition

chapter 2|26 pages

The Politics of Reform

chapter 3|14 pages

The Battle Against the Slums

chapter 4|30 pages

The Promotion and Regulation of Utilities

part II|52 pages

The Arrival of Progressivism

part III|70 pages

The Triumph of Progressivism

chapter 8|40 pages

The Politics of Research