| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 93.2

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Book Review

Lake Effects: A History of Urban Policy Making in Cleveland, 1825–1929. By Ronald R. Weiner. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2005. xii, 271 pp. $59.95, ISBN 0-8142-0989-0.)

Lake Effects is the most recent addition to the well-regarded Urban Life and Urban Landscape series edited by Zane L. Miller and the late Henry Shapiro. The book is a detailed examination of urban policy in Cleveland from 1825 to the eve of the Great Depression. "Policy," author Ronald R. Weiner states, "is what happens after elections are decided" (p. 1). His discussion focuses on four coalitions or "regimes" that oversaw the city's maturation: merchant (1825–1878), populist (1878–1895), corporate (1895–1919), and realty (1919–1929). Weiner defines urban policy as the sum of four elements—economic development, urban growth, service distribution, and wealth redistribution—and he explores the varying approaches and emphases the successive regimes placed on those aspects of policy making.

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