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The Coming City

The Coming City

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The Coming City

by Ely, Richard T

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About This Item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1902. Lecture on urban reform and city growth, offering remedies based in part on the European experience; the author posits that government is a profession, not a business, requiring training in many specialized fields and some experience of government. Ely was one of three Town of Madison supervisors and Professor of Political Economy and Director of the School of Economics and Political Science in the University of Wisconsin. First edition. Hardcover, full burgundy cloth, gilt titling. Light wear, bookplate of Wisconsin & Illinois utility executive B.F. Lyons inside front cover; hint of fading to spine. Text clean; 110 pages + 1 page publisher's ad.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 5" by 7½".

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Bookseller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
n0662
Title
The Coming City
Author
Ely, Richard T
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Thomas Y. Crowell & Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1902
Keywords
Urban Studies, Sociology, Economics, Political Science
Size
5" by 7½"

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