TY - BOOK AU - Connolly,James J. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - An elusive unity: urban democracy and machine politics in industrializing America AV - JS431 .C645 2010eb U1 - 320.8/5097409034 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Ithaca, N.Y. PB - Cornell University Press KW - Municipal government KW - Northeastern States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Middle West KW - Democracy KW - Cultural pluralism KW - Political culture KW - Politics and government KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10467985 ER -