Triumph of Order offers smart insights into how a city defines quality of life.
Sam Roberts New York Times Triumph of Order is the all-too-rare scholarly book that, being so well written, is fully accessible to the proverbial general reader.
Howard P. Segal Times Higher Education Supplement Lisa Keller's meticulously researched book invites consideration of a range of ... Read moreissues concerning the urban environment and the politics of public health that will be of interest beyond her major audience of political historians.
Samantha MacBride H-Urban Detailed and illuminating... Throughout her study, Keller compares the historical evidence to twenty-first-century events and compellingly demonstrates how nineteenth-century antecedents have contributed to modern-day perspectives and positions. This brings a refreshing sense of relevance and significance, which is so often lacking from historical studies. Journal of American Studies The value of this book lies in its excellent detailed case studies of the management of particular public events. Victorian Studies Show Less