An Elusive Unity: Urban Democracy And Machine Politics In Industrializing America
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| Originally published | 2010 |
| Authors | James J. Connolly |
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| ID | 1726459 |
About An Elusive Unity: Urban Democracy And Machine Politics In Industrializing America
Although many observers have assumed that pluralism prevailed in American political life from the start, inherited ideals of civic virtue and moral unity proved stubbornly persistent and influential. The tension between these conceptions of public life was especially evident in the young nation's burgeoning cities. . . .