The Triumph of Ethnic Progressivism: Urban Political Culture in Boston, 1900-1925

Author/Contributor(s):	Connolly, James J
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Date:	09/15/1998
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

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.