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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.