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100 1 $aBolin, James Duane,$d1955-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99832063
245 10 $aBossism and reform in a southern city :$bLexington, Kentucky, 1880-1940 /$cJames Duane Bolin.
260 $aLexington :$bUniversity Press of Kentucky,$c[2000], ©2000.
300 $axvii, 202 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIt Is a New Lexington! --$g2.$tThe Mulligan Ring --$g3.$tThe Rise of Billy Klair --$g4.$tHonest Graft and the Craft of Bossism --$g5.$tThe Age of Progressivism and Beyond --$g6.$tKing Klair and the Bipartisan Combine --$g7.$tBossism and Reform in the Great Depression --$g8.$tLexington's New Deal --$g9.$tThe Last Hurrah?
520 1 $a"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 witnessed changes that altered not just Lexington but the nation and the world: urbanization, industrialization, and immigration.".
520 8 $a"As a political boss and a practitioner of what George Washington Plunkitt of Tammany Hall referred to as "honest graft," Klair applied lessons of organization, innovation, manipulation, power, and control from the machine age to bring together diverse groups of Lexingtonians and Kentuckians as supporters of a powerful political machine.".
520 8 $a"Bolin also examines the underside of the city, once known as the Athens of the West. He balances the postcard view of Bluegrass mansions and horse farms with the city's well-known vice district, housing problems, racial tensions, and corrupt politics. With the reality of life in Lexington as a backdrop, the career of Billy Klair provides a case study of the inner workings of a southern political machine."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aLexington (Ky.)$xPolitics and government.
650 0 $aPolitical corruption$zKentucky$zLexington$xHistory.
852 00 $boff,glx$hF459.L6$iB65 2000