An elusive unity urban democracy and machine politics in industrializing America / James J. Connolly.

Author/creator Connolly, James J., 1962-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,
Descriptionxiv, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
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.
Political culture--Middle West. --History. --19th century.
Northeastern States--Politics and government. --19th century.
Middle West--Politics and government. --19th century.

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-256) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010013641
ISBN9780801441912 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801441919 (cloth : alk. paper)

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