Rainbow's End : Irish-Americans and the Dilemmas of Urban Machine Politics, 1840-1985 PDF
by Steven P. Erie
Part of the California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy series
Description
Unprecedented in its scope, Rainbow's End provides a bold new analysis of the emergence, growth, and decline of six classic Irish-American political machines in New York, Jersey City, Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Albany. Combining the approaches of political economy and historical sociology, Erie examines a wide range of issues, including the relationship between city and state politics, the manner in which machines shaped ethnic and working-class politics, and the reasons why centralized party organizations failed to emerge in Boston and Philadelphia despite their large Irish populations. The book ends with a thorough discussion of the significance of machine politics for today's urban minorities.
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:359 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:09/08/1990
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- ISBN:9780520910621
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:359 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:09/08/1990
- Category:
- ISBN:9780520910621