02648nam a2200457 a 4500 ebr10467985 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 100330s2010 nyua sb 001 0 eng d 2010013641 9780801441912 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801441919 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801441912 9780801461552 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)732956587 n-use-- n-usc-- JS431 .C645 2010eb 320.8/5097409034 22 Connolly, James J., 1962- An elusive unity [electronic resource] : urban democracy and machine politics in industrializing America / James J. Connolly. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2010. xiv, 264 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-256) and index. Introduction : the problem of pluralism in antebellum American politics -- Explaining Tweed : the limits of consensual politics -- Inventing the machine : liberal reform and the social analysis of urban politics -- Labor's republic lost : the workingmen's insurgency and class politics in the Gilded Age city -- The feminine challenge : clubwomen and urban politics -- In defense of professional politics -- Progressivism and pluralism -- The problem with the public : Lincoln Steffens and municipal reform -- Epilogue : The last hurrah and the vindication of machine politics. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Municipal government Northeastern States History 19th century. Municipal government Middle West History 19th century. Democracy Northeastern States History 19th century. Democracy Middle West History 19th century. Cultural pluralism Northeastern States History 19th century. Cultural pluralism Middle West History 19th century. Political culture Northeastern States History 19th century. Political culture Middle West History 19th century. Northeastern States Politics and government 19th century. Middle West Politics and government 19th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10467985 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 131558 131558