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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Urban Progressivism, The New York Setting -- PART I. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY REFORM TRADITION -- 2. The Politics of Reform -- 3. The Battle Against the Slums -- 4. The Promotion and Regulation of Utilities -- PART II. THE ARRIVAL OF PROGRESSIVISM -- 5. Good Government and the Bureau of Municipal Research -- 6. Health, Housing, and the Tenement House Department -- 7. Utilities and the Public Service Commission -- PART III. THE TRIUMPH OF PROGRESSIVISM -- 8. The Politics of Research -- 9. The Public Administration of Health, Housing, and Utilities -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

"Originally published in 1991, Reform in New York City provides an interpretive synthesis of urban progressivism and provides a comprehensive historical look at progressivism in New York City. The book argues that urban reform still poses a major historiographical challenge to historians working today and thatthere is limited analysis of the social and political action that characterised turn of the century New York. The book addresses theconceptual approaches, interpretive differences, and thematic emphasis of the urban reform agenda. "--Provided by publisher.

An attempt has been made to draw attention to some of the weakness and pitfalls of our government since independence. The weakness and pitfalls are such as are fatal to the healthy existence of any government designed to cater for the happiness and welfare of the masses of the governed. An attempt has also been made to offer solutions and corrections to the problems and ills of past governments