Rainbow's End: Irish-Americans and the Dilemmas of Urban Machine Politics, 1840-1985 (California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy)
"A major study of Irish-American political organizations. . . .  [Rainbow's End] has broad implications for the racial tensions that now  characterize every large city in America."  --Thomas Byrne Edsall,  Dissent"Provocative and illuminating . . . no serious student of the  subject  will ignore it."  --Geoffrey Blodgett, Journal of Interdisciplinary  History"Theoretically, historically and comparatively Rainbow's End is  a  significant and provocative contribution. . . . . Future books will  surely  depend on it ."  --Kenneth Finegold, American Journal of Sociology"[Erie's] admirably crafted, critical and sharply realistic  study shows  the true historic character of the Irish-American political  achievement."  --Dennis Clark, Irish Literary Supplement