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Hirschhorn, Bernard was born on August 23, 1922 in New York City. Son of Benjamin and Pauline (Schechner) Hirschhorn.
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This biography, the first of Richard Spencer Childs, begins in the Progressive Era when Childs initiated and pursued two fertile ideas: the short ballot doctrine and the council-manager plan. Childs understood that the simplification of the task of the voter was a question pressing for solution and that the council-manager plan would transform municipal government. This comprehensive work discusses other aspects of Childs' broad reform agenda. His proposals included: county government reform; reform in state government administration; unicameral state legislatures; reapportionment of state legislatures; selection of judges by appointment; replacement of elective county coroners with appointed professional medical examiners; democratization of state political parties; and reform of the Presidential nominating system. Based on Childs' papers and personal interviews with Childs, this biography advances scholarship on the Progressive Era and contributes to the historiographical debate on the nature of reform.
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Democracy Reformed: Richard Spencer Childs and His Fight for Better Government (Contributions in American History #174) Democracy Reformed: Richard Spencer Childs and His Fight for Better Government (Contributions in American History #174) by Hirschhorn, Bernard ( Author ) Hardcover Jul- 1997 Hardcover Jul- 23- 1997
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Discusses such issues of the 20th-century Presidency as "Does the President have too much power or insufficient power to do his job?" and "Does it matter who becomes President?"
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Hirschhorn, Bernard was born on August 23, 1922 in New York City. Son of Benjamin and Pauline (Schechner) Hirschhorn.
BSS cum laude, City College New York, 1943. Master of Arts in History, Columbia University, 1944. Master of Philosophy in History, Columbia University, 1978.
Doctor of Philosophy in History, Columbia University, 1981.
High school social studies teacher Board Education, New York City, 1952-1965, high school chairman, 1965-1991. Researcher, writer, since 1991. Adjunct assistan professor history Board Higher Education, New York City, 1947-1976.
Director New York City Council on Economic Education, 1980's. Assistant examiner Board Examiners of City of New York, 1965-1980s. Associate Seminar on The City, Columbia University, since 1976.
(Democracy Reformed: Richard Spencer Childs and His Fight ...)
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(Discusses such issues of the 20th-century Presidency as "...)
Private United States Army, 1946-1947. Member of Henry George School Social Science, Pen American Center, New England Historical Association, National Civic League, Society Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Urban History Association, Organization American Historians, National Council History Education.