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Author:

Amsterdam, Daniel, 1977- author.

Title:

Roaring metropolis : businessmen's campaign for a civic welfare state / Daniel Amsterdam.

Publisher:

Penn University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

United States--Social policy--20th century--Case studies.
Businessmen--History--United States--History--20th century--Case studies.
Social change--United States--History--20th century--Case studies.
Detroit (Mich.)--Politics and government--20th century.
Detroit (Mich.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Atlanta (Ga.)--Politics and government--20th century.
Atlanta (Ga.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Businessmen--Political activity.
Politics and government.
Social change.
Social conditions.
Social policy.
Georgia--Atlanta.
Michigan--Detroit.
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
United States.
1900 - 1999
Case studies.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-219) and index.

Contents:

At cross purposes: Businessmen's political activism before the Armistice -- Detroit: businessmen at large -- Philadelphia: Money and the machine -- Atlanta: City building in black and white -- Businessmen's social politics beyond the civic welfare state -- Epilogu: the 1930s and after.

Series:

American business, politics, and society

ISBN:

0812248104 (alk. paper)
9780812248104 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)927401375

LCCN:

2015038836

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)