Steve Frias on Cranston and Its Mayors (and Helping the World Learn from Cranston)

Steve Frias will be speaking tomorrow evening at the Main Branch of the Cranston Public library, about his book Cranston and its Mayors.

Albert Klyberg, former Executive Director, Rhode Island Historical Society, had this to say about the book…

As a sharp review, at sometimes stinging, Frias is nonetheless even-handed in doling out blame and credit to the twenty individuals who have held the office of mayor since the city’s incorporation a century ago in 1910. The additional value of this work by Frias, beyond the chronicling of a particular suburban city in the North East, is that there are no other municipal management studies like it in Rhode Island history.

I’ll second Mr. Klyberg’s assessment, in an even broader sense; Steve picks up a thread of often neglected history, concerning the evolution of ideas and practices concerning local government over the 20th century, a topic that is as least as relevant to the headlines today than are the topics more commonly associated with 20th/21st century American history.

The event will be held in the Central Library Meeting Room on Tuesday, June 11 at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

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