Boston, 1700-1980 : the evolution of urban politics

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Boston, 1700-1980 : the evolution of urban politics

edited by Ronald P. Formisano and Constance K. Burns

(Contributions in American history, no. 106)

Greenwood Press, 1984

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Most of these essays originated in the Boston Political History Project, which celebrated Boston's 350th anniversary in 1980

Bibliography: p. [279]-283

Includes index

Contents of Works

  • Introduction
  • Town meeting politics in colonial and revolutionary Boston / G.B. Warden
  • Boston, 1800-1840 From deferential-participant to party politics / Ronald P. Formisano
  • The politics of the Boston Brahmins / Frederic Cople Jaher
  • Yankee leadership in a divided city, 1860-1890 / Geoffrey Blodgett
  • From party to factions / Paul Kleppner
  • The irony of progressive reform / Constance K. Burns
  • Curley of Boston: the search for Irish legitimacy / Charles H. Trout
  • Boston's Irish mayors / William V. Shannon
  • Boston's Kevin White, a mayor who survives / Martha W. Weinberg
  • All in the family: the dilemmas of busing and the conflict of values / J. Anthony Lukas
  • Conclusion / by Ronald P. Formisano

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Table of Contents

Introduction -- Town meeting politics in colonial and revolutionary Boston / G.B. Warden -- Boston, 1800-1840 From deferential-participant to party politics / Ronald P. Formisano -- The politics of the Boston Brahmins / Frederic Cople Jaher -- Yankee leadership in a divided city, 1860-1890 / Geoffrey Blodgett -- From party to factions / Paul Kleppner -- The irony of progressive reform / Constance K. Burns -- Curley of Boston: the search for Irish legitimacy / Charles H. Trout -- Boston's Irish mayors / William V. Shannon -- Boston's Kevin White, a mayor who survives / Martha W. Weinberg -- All in the family: the dilemmas of busing and the conflict of values / J. Anthony Lukas -- Conclusion / by Ronald P. Formisano.

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