An elusive unity : urban democracy and machine politics in industrializing America /

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Although many observers have assumed that pluralism prevailed in American political life from the start, inherited ideals of civic virtue and moral unity proved stubbornly persistent and influential. The tension between these conceptions of public life was especially evident in the young nation'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Connolly, James J., 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Temas:
1800-1899
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.
Administration municipale > États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Administration municipale > Midwest (États-Unis) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Diversité culturelle > États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Diversité culturelle > Midwest (États-Unis) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Cultural pluralism
Democracy
Municipal government
Political culture
Politics and government
Northeastern States > Politics and government > 19th century.
Middle West > Politics and government > 19th century.
Middle West
Northeastern States
History
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  • 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.

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