An elusive unity urban democracy and machine politics in industrializing America /

Connolly, James J., 1962-

An elusive unity urban democracy and machine politics in industrializing America / [electronic resource] : James J. Connolly. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2010. - xiv, 264 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-256) and index.

Introduction : the problem of pluralism in antebellum American politics -- Explaining Tweed : the limits of consensual politics -- Inventing the machine : liberal reform and the social analysis of urban politics -- Labor's republic lost : the workingmen's insurgency and class politics in the Gilded Age city -- The feminine challenge : clubwomen and urban politics -- In defense of professional politics -- Progressivism and pluralism -- The problem with the public : Lincoln Steffens and municipal reform -- Epilogue : The last hurrah and the vindication of machine politics.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780801461552 (electronic bk.)




Municipal government--History--Northeastern States--19th century.
Municipal government--History--Middle West--19th century.
Democracy--History--Northeastern States--19th century.
Democracy--History--Middle West--19th century.
Cultural pluralism--History--Northeastern States--19th century.
Cultural pluralism--History--Middle West--19th century.
Political culture--History--Northeastern States--19th century.
Political culture--History--Middle West--19th century.


Northeastern States--Politics and government--19th century.
Middle West--Politics and government--19th century.


Electronic books.

JS431 / .C645 2010

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