The triumph of ethnic Progressivism
Subtitle: urban political culture in Boston, 1900-1925
By: James J. Connolly.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Political culture -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.; Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 20th century.; Boston (Mass.) -- Politics and government.; Boston (Mass.) -- Ethnic relations.
Description: Progressivism, James Connolly shows us, was a language and style of political action available to a wide range of individuals and groups. A diverse array of political and civic figures used it to present themselves as leaders of a communal response to the growing power of illicit interests and to the problems of urban-industrial life.

In showing that the several reform visions that arose in Boston included not only the progressivism of the city's business leaders but also a series of ethnic progressivisms, Connolly offers a new approach to urban public life in the early twentieth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-253) and index.