| Tom Johnson of Cleveland Contributor(s): Murdock, Eugene (Author) |
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ISBN: 1882090055 ISBN-13: 9781882090051 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $101.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 92039422 |
| Physical Information: 424 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |