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Bossism and Reform in a Southern City : Lexington, Kentucky, 1880-1940 /
William Frederick ""Billy"" Klair (1875-1937) was the undisputed czar of Lexington, Kentucky, for decades. As political boss in a mid-sized, southern city, he faced problems strikingly similar to those of large cities in the North. As he watched the city grow from a sleepy market...
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2015.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Bossism and Reform in a Southern City : |b Lexington, Kentucky, 1880-1940 / |c James Duane Bolin. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Part I; 1. It Is a New Lexington!; 2. The Mulligan Ring; 3. The Rise of Billy Klair; Part II; 4. Honest Graft and the Craft of Bossism; 5. The Age of Progressivism and Beyond; 6. King Klair and the Bipartisan Combine; Part III; 7. Bossism and Reform in the Great Depression; 8. Lexington's New Deal; 9. The Last Hurrah?; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Photographic Sources; Index. | |
| 520 | |a William Frederick ""Billy"" Klair (1875-1937) was the undisputed czar of Lexington, Kentucky, for decades. As political boss in a mid-sized, southern city, he faced problems strikingly similar to those of large cities in the North. As he watched the city grow from a sleepy market town of 16,000 residents to a bustling, active urban center of over 50,000, Klair saw changes that altered not just Lexington but the nation and the world: urbanization, industrialization, and immigration. But Klair did not merely watch these changes; like other political bosses and social reformers, he actively parti. | ||
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