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Author:

Connolly, James J., 1962-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xiv, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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.

Notes:

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

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.

ISBN:

0801441919 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801441912 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)598305085

LCCN:

2010013641

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)