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The American mayor : the best & the worst big-city leaders Melvin G. Holli
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 176.H76 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holli, Melvin G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mayors--United States--Biography.
- Mayors.
- Political leadership--United States--Case studies.
- Political leadership.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1999.
- Contents:
- America's big-city mayors : the experts name the best and the worst
- Nineteenth-century and progressive era mayors : biographies of the best : Quincy of Boston, Pingree of Detroit, Jones of Toledo, Johnson of Cleveland
- Depression and war-era mayors : biographies of the best : Hoan of Milwaukee, Murphy of Detroit, La Guardia of New York City
- Growth coalition and contemporary mayors : biographies of the best : Lawrence of Pittsburgh, Daley of Chicago, Bradley of Los Angeles
- Leadership theory and the mayoralty
- Pathways to power : the yellow brick road to Emerald City.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-204) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0271018763 (alk. paper)
- 0271018771 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 40076671
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