Boston, 1700-1980
Subtitle: the evolution of urban politics
By: edited by Ronald P. Formisano and Constance K. Burns.
Contributors: Formisano, Ronald P., 1939-; Burns, Constance K.
Series: Contributions in American history,; no. 106
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Boston (Mass.) -- Politics and government.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [279]-283.
Most of these essays originated in the Boston Political History Project, which celebrated Boston's 350th anniversary in 1980.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Town meeting politics in colonial and revolutionary Boston / G.B. Warden; title: Boston, 1800-1840 From deferential-participant to party politics / Ronald P. Formisano; title: The politics of the Boston Brahmins / Frederic Cople Jaher; title: Yankee leadership in a divided city, 1860-1890 / Geoffrey Blodgett; title: From party to factions / Paul Kleppner; title: The irony of progressive reform / Constance K. Burns; title: Curley of Boston: the search for Irish legitimacy / Charles H. Trout; title: Boston's Irish mayors / William V. Shannon; title: Boston's Kevin White, a mayor who survives / Martha W. Weinberg; title: All in the family: the dilemmas of busing and the conflict of values / J. Anthony Lukas; title: Conclusion / by Ronald P. Formisano.