Research Catalog

Title

Second metropolis : pragmatic pluralism in Gilded Age Chicago, Silver Age Moscow, and Meiji Osaka / Blair A. Ruble.

Author

Ruble, Blair A., 1949-

Publication

[Washington, D.C.] : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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Details

Description

xvii, 464 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• "By exploring and comparing North America's, Russia's, and Japan's "second cities"--Chicago, Moscow, and Osaka - Second Metropolis discloses the extent to which social fragmentation, frequently viewed as an obstacle to democratic development, actually fostered a "pragmatic pluralism" that nurtured pluralistic public policies. Such policies are explored through six case studies - the politics of street railways and charter reform in Chicago, adult education and housing in Moscow, and harbor revitalization and poverty alleviation in Osaka - that illustrate how even those with massive political and economic power were stymied by the complexity of their communities.
• Chicago, Moscow, and Osaka, although the products of very different nations and cultures, nonetheless shared an important experience of inclusive politics during an era of extraordinary growth and social diversity. The success of all three cities, which went well beyond mere survival, rested on a distinctive political resource: pragmatic pluralism."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Woodrow Wilson Center series

Uniform Title

Woodrow Wilson Center series.

Subject

• City planning > Russia (Federation) > Moscow
• City planning > Illinois > Chicago
• City planning > Japan > Osaka
• 74.72 urban planning
• City planning
• Politics and government
• Plurale samenleving
• Stadsplanning
• Moscow (Russia) > Politics and government
• Chicago (Ill.) > Politics and government
• Osaka (Japan) > Politics and government
• Illinois > Chicago
• Japan > Osaka
• Russia (Federation) > Moscow

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-449) and index.

Contents

Introduction: From Hegemony to Pragmatic Pluralism -- Three Industrial Giants -- Porkopolis -- Russia's Calico Heart -- Kitchen of the Country -- Tales of Success and Excess -- Transit Tussles -- Educating Moscow's Workers -- Prosperity's Harbor -- Riots and Revolution -- Charter Failure -- The Worst-Housed City in Europe -- Poverty and Riots -- Successful Pragmatic Pluralists: The Practice of Politics without Hegemony -- The Practice of Pragmatic Pluralism: The City, Transitional Capitalism, and the Meaning of Moscow.

ISBN

• 0521801796
• 9780521801799

LCCN

00063096

OCLC

• ocm44818363
• 44818363
• SCSB-8935403

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library