Second Metropolis: Pragmatic Pluralism in Gilded Age Chicago, Silver Age Moscow, and Meiji Osaka
- ISBN-10
- 0521801796
- ISBN-13
- 9780521801799
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 464
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-05-28
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Blair A. Ruble
Description
This book explores how social fragmentation led to pluralistic public policies in Chicago, Moscow, and Osaka.
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