Erie, Steven P.

Rainbow's end : Irish-Americans and the dilemmas of urban machine politics, 1840-1985 / Steven P. Erie. - Berkeley : University of California Press, �1988. - 1 online resource (xiii, 345 pages). - California series on social choice and political economy ; 15 . - California series on social choice and political economy ; 15. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-331) and index.

The Irish and the big-city machines -- Building the nineteenth-century machines, 1840-1896 -- Guardians of power : the Irish versus the new immigrants, 1896-1928 -- The crisis of the 1930s : the Depression, the New Deal, and changing machine fortunes, 1928-1950 -- The last hurrah? machines in the postwar era, 1950-1985 -- Machine building, Irish-American style -- Rainbow's end : machines, immigrants, and the working class.

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22573/cttt14sj JSTOR


Irish Americans--Politics and government.
Politics, Practical--History.--United States
Municipal government--History.--United States
Metropolitan government--History.--United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Affairs & Administration.
HISTORY--General.--United States
Irish Americans--Politics and government.
Metropolitan government.
Municipal government.
Politics, Practical.


United States.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.

E184.I6 / E75 1988eb

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