Title: The triumph of ethnic Progressivism
First published: 1998
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.
Subjects: History, Politics and government, Political culture, Ethnic relations, Progressivism (United States politics), Boston (mass.), politics and government, Boston (mass.), social conditions
Places: Boston (Mass.), Boston, Massachusetts
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: F73.5 .C745 1998