An Elusive Unity : Urban Democracy and Machine Politics in Industrializing America /

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The necessity of redesigning civic institutions and practices to suit city life triggered enduring disagreements centered on what came to be called machine politics. Featuring plebian leadership, a sharp masculinity, party discipline, and frank acknowledgment of social differences, this new politica...

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Autor principal: Connolly, James J., 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government
Political culture.
Municipal government.
Democracy.
Cultural pluralism.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Diversite culturelle > Midwest (États-Unis) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Diversite culturelle > États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Administration municipale > Midwest (États-Unis) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Administration municipale > États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Political culture > Middle West > History > 19th century.
Political culture > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Cultural pluralism > Middle West > History > 19th century.
Cultural pluralism > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Democracy > Middle West > History > 19th century.
Democracy > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Municipal government > Middle West > History > 19th century.
Municipal government > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Northeastern States.
Middle West.
Middle West > Politics and government > 19th century.
Northeastern States > Politics and government > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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