Municipal government. A history of American city government. By Ernest S. Griffith.The fonnation of traditions 1775-1870 (co-authored with Charles R. Adrian),The Consfiicuous Failure, 1870-1900 and The Progressive Years and Their Aftermath, 1900-1920. Published for the National Municipal League by Praeger Publishers, 200 Park Avenue, New York 10017, 1974-1976. 238 pp., 320 pp., and 362 pp. $10 each

1977 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-162
Author(s):  
Luther Gulick
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
City Government ◽  
American City ◽  
Park Avenue ◽  
History Of

A Centennial History of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers: 1880-1980

1980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Progressive Era ◽  
Political System ◽  
City Government ◽  
American People ◽  
Engineering Problems ◽  
History Of ◽  
American Society ◽  
Technical Question

In 1980 the American Society of Mechanical Engineers celebrates the centenary of its founding. The occasion has provided an opportunity for the Society to look back and survey its accomplishments, its distinguished members, and its constant dialogue — among its members and with the American people — concerning the role of engineering in a technological society. The dynamic tensions within the ASME make a fascinating background to this centennial history. The central role of the Society’s headquarters in New York is examined the light of various movements for regional and professional sections within (and occasionally outside) the Society. The technical question of standards is shown to be a constant and creative problem for members — reflecting their attitudes towards their role in a political system often reluctant to enforce nation-wide standars in business and industry. From the Progressive Era, and its attempts to reform city government and check the power of private utilities, to the 1970s and its renewed concern with ecology and business ethnics, the Society has provided a microcosm of informed debate about technical engineering problems which — as this book makes clear — concerns us all.

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