Boston, 1700-1980 : the evolution of urban politics
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Boston, 1700-1980 : the evolution of urban politics
(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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