Quiet revolution: Consolidation of Jacksonville-Duval County and the dynamics of urban political reform. 5th ed.
Entry/Object ID
Library.1452
Description
xix, 428 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Quiet revolution: Consolidation of Jacksonville-Duval County and the dynamics of urban political reform by Richard A. Martin. 5th edition, 2019.
History of editions: This book is a revised and updated edition of Consolidation: Jacksonville-Duval County which was originally published in 1968 (1st ed.) and 1973 mistakenly referred to as 2nd ed. by Crawford Publishing Company. This 1973 title was a reprinting not a new edition. (see 4th edition, introduction, 6th page although unnumbered) The work was renamed "A Quiet Revolution" and published (3rd ed.) in 1993 and 2008 (4th ed.) by White Publishing Company . This 2019 edition is a 50th anniversary update (5th ed.) published by the Jacksonville Historical Society with Chris Hand writing the 50th anniversary epilogue. Co-chairs of the 50th Anniversary Consolidation Task Force were Matt Carlucci and Earl M. Johnson.
Contents: Trial and error -- Lines are formed -- Study Commission -- Grand jury -- Battle is joined -- Parliamentary valley of death -- Struggle for power -- Big guns -- Final push -- Quiet revolution -- Transition -- The Test -- 25th Anniversary Epilogue -- 40th Anniversary Epilogue -- 50th Anniversary Epilogue:Consolidation at 50 -- Appendix one, Enabling amendment -- Appendix two, Senate Bill 1522 -- Appendix three, Investiture address by J. J. Daniel, March 1, 1968 -- Charts.
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Library
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Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Metropolitan government -- Florida -- Jacksonville., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century., Duval County (Fla.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century., Florida -- Jacksonville.
Publication Details
Author
Martin, Richard A. (Richard Albert), 1927-2003, Hand, Chris
