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

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Formisano, Ronald P., 1939-, Burns, Constance K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1984.
Series:Contributions in American history. no. 106.
Subjects:
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, 1860-1910 / 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 / Ronald P. Formisano.