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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Transaction Introduction -- Preface -- Chapter 1 The Future of Neighborhood -- Chapter 2 Enfranchising Citizens -- Chapter 3 Resolving Disputes -- Chapter 4 Funding Neighborhoods -- Chapter 5 Promoting Equality -- Chapter 6 Proliferating Initiative -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index

Introduction -- 1. John Locke and Southern plantations -- 2. John Winthrop and the New England town -- 3. Thomas Jefferson and the Midwestern township -- 4. Albert Gallatin and municipal enterprise -- 5. William Leggett and the general incorporation laws -- 6. Justin Morrill and land grant colleges -- 7. John Wesley Powell and Western public lands -- 8. Joseph Pulitzer and municipal home rule -- 9. Hugh Hammond Bennett and soil conservation districts -- 10. Byron Hanke and the residential community association -- Conclusion: the way forward.

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