 | An Elusive Unity: Urban Democracy and Machine Politics in Industrializing America Subjects: 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; Cultu; Through novels, cartoons, memoirs, and journalistic accounts, James J. Connolly traces efforts to reconcile democracy and diversity in the industrializing cities of the United States from the antebellum period through the Progressive Era. James J. Connolly is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Middletown Studies at Ball State University and the author of The Triumph of Ethnic Progressivism: Urban Political Culture in Boston, 1900-1925 . |
