num_pages: 345
description: 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.
language: English
title: Rainbow's end: Irish-Americans and the dilemmas of urban machine politics, 1840-1985
titlecomplete: Rainbow's end: Irish-Americans and the dilemmas of urban machine politics, 1840-1985 (California series on social choice and political economy)
genres: Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 15
series: California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy
publisher: University of California Press