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Rainbow's End : Irish-Americans and the Dilemmas of Urban Machine Politics, 1840-1985 Volume 15

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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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  • ISBN-13: 9780520071834
  • ISBN-10: 0520071832
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Publish Date: August 1990
  • Dimensions: 8.97 x 6.01 x 0.91 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Page Count: 359

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