Claiming the city
Subtitle: politics, faith, and the power of place in St. Paul
By: Mary Lethert Wingerd.
Series: Cushwa Center studies of Catholicism in twentieth-century America
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- History -- 20th century.; Political culture -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- History -- 20th century.; Regionalism -- Political aspects -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- History -- 20th century.; Working class -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century.; Industrial relations -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- History -- 20th century.; Irish Americans -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Politics and government -- 20th century.; Christianity and politics -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- History -- 20th century.; Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.; Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.; Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Description: "Wingerd's history of St. Paul is a clear demonstration that place - the lived experience and memory located in a specific spatial context - is a constitutive element of all other aspects of identity."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-316) and index.
Table of contents: title: The economy of culture : city building on the frontier; title: Money, status, and power : the making of an Irish-Catholic town; title: Delivering the goods : the social geography of a declining economy; title: Raising the flag : the struggle to reshape civic identity; title: Taking aim : enemies of the state; title: The first volley : policing the social order; title: The war of St. Paul and the end of the civic compact; title: Vying for power : the showdown between business and labor; title: Hard times in the "Holy City" : old alliances and new deals.