Ballots and Bibles : Ethnic Politics and the Catholic Church in Providence /

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By the mid-nineteenth century, Providence, Rhode Island, an early industrial center, became a magnet for Catholic immigrants seeking jobs. The city created as a haven for Protestant dissenters was transformed by the arrival of Italian, Irish, and French-Canadian workers. By 1905, more than half of i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sterne, Evelyn Savidge (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Colección:Cushwa Center Studies of Catholicism in Twentieth-Century America
Temas:
Catholics > Political activity > Rhode Island > Providence > History.
Christianity and politics > Catholic Church > History.
Christianity and politics > Rhode Island > Providence > History.
Immigrants > Political activity > Rhode Island > Providence > History.
Religious Studies.
U.S. History.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT).
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I. THE LIMITS OF ELECTORAL POLITICS
  • II. THE POTENTIAL OF CATHOLIC ACTIVISM
  • III. THE FLOWERING OF CATHOLIC POLITICS
  • CONCLUSION
  • ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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