Urban Bosses, Machines, and Progressive Reformers
- ISBN-10
- 089874119X
- ISBN-13
- 9780898741193
- Category
- Political science (General)
- Pages
- 239
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1984
- Publisher
- R.E. Krieger Publishing Company
- Authors
- Bruce M. Stave, Sondra Astor Stave
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