
Tom Johnson of Cleveland
Eugene Murdock(Author)
Wright State University Press
Published on 15. March 1994
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-1-882090-05-1 (ISBN)
Description
A full-scale biography of Tom Johnson, the most famous municipal executive of the Progressive era. As mayor of Cleveland from 1901 to 1909, he made it the best governed city in the United States according to Lincoln Steffens. In that office, he became an outstanding social and structural reformer in the Progressive mold. Yet he does not easily fit into the ideological pigeon-holes created by Progressive historians. He was, argues the author, a true disciple of Henry George, the nineteenth century social philosopher, and George's single tax theories. The author views Johnson in the light of Progressive historiography, demonstrating that he is probably the outstanding example of a Progressive who does not meet the 'status' explanation of the origin of Progressivism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
712 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-882090-05-1 (9781882090051)
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Person
Eugene Murdock is Professor Emeritus of History at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio.