| Description |
1 online resource (240 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Political corruption -- Kentucky -- Lexington -- History
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Manners and customs
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Political corruption
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Politics and government
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Lexington (Ky.) -- Politics and government
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Lexington (Ky.) -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Kentucky -- Lexington
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813158815 |
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0813158818 |
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