An Elusive Unity : Urban Democracy and Machine Politics in Industrializing America.
Connolly, James J.
An Elusive Unity : Urban Democracy and Machine Politics in Industrializing America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (282 pages)
Cover -- AN ELUSIVE UNITY -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction: The Problem of Pluralism in Antebellum American Politics -- 1. Explaining Tweed: The Limits of Consensual Politics -- 2. Inventing the Machine: Liberal Reform and the Social Analysis of Urban Politics -- 3. Labor's Republic Lost: The Workingmen's Insurgency and Class Politics in the Gilded Age City -- 4. The Feminine Challenge: Clubwomen and Urban Politics -- 5. In Defense of Professional Politics -- 6. Progressivism and Pluralism -- 7. The Problem with the Public: Lincoln Steffens and Municipal Reform -- Epilogue: The Last Hurrah and the Vindication of Machine Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography: Selected Primary Sources -- Index.
Through novels, cartoons, memoirs, and journalistic accounts, James J. Connolly traces efforts to reconcile democracy and diversity in the industrializing cities of the United States from the antebellum period through the Progressive Era.
9780801461552
Municipal government -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century.
Municipal government -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century.
Democracy -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century.
Democracy -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century.
Cultural pluralism -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century.
Cultural pluralism -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century.
Political culture -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century.
Electronic books.
JS431 -- .C645 2010eb
320.8/5097409034
An Elusive Unity : Urban Democracy and Machine Politics in Industrializing America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (282 pages)
Cover -- AN ELUSIVE UNITY -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction: The Problem of Pluralism in Antebellum American Politics -- 1. Explaining Tweed: The Limits of Consensual Politics -- 2. Inventing the Machine: Liberal Reform and the Social Analysis of Urban Politics -- 3. Labor's Republic Lost: The Workingmen's Insurgency and Class Politics in the Gilded Age City -- 4. The Feminine Challenge: Clubwomen and Urban Politics -- 5. In Defense of Professional Politics -- 6. Progressivism and Pluralism -- 7. The Problem with the Public: Lincoln Steffens and Municipal Reform -- Epilogue: The Last Hurrah and the Vindication of Machine Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography: Selected Primary Sources -- Index.
Through novels, cartoons, memoirs, and journalistic accounts, James J. Connolly traces efforts to reconcile democracy and diversity in the industrializing cities of the United States from the antebellum period through the Progressive Era.
9780801461552
Municipal government -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century.
Municipal government -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century.
Democracy -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century.
Democracy -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century.
Cultural pluralism -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century.
Cultural pluralism -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century.
Political culture -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century.
Electronic books.
JS431 -- .C645 2010eb
320.8/5097409034