A City and Its Universities: Public Policy in Chicago, 1892-1919

by Steven J. Diner

Book Overview

By focusing on Chicago's first generation of activist professors, Diner shows how modern public policy evolved. Chicago's early academic professionals, believing that they alone could solve the problems of a complex urban society, united to press for reforms in education, criminal justice, social welfare, and municipal administration. By claiming professional autonomy, they established the university firmly in American society and were able to affect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807896497
• ISBN13: 9780807896495
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"