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Zusatztext "... Rainbow's End provides a handy and comprehensible review of the literature on the life cycle of urban machines. By exploring the varying historical contexts of machine activity, Erie's study also modifies the conventional wisdom which suggests that the machine experience offers a feasible option for minorities interested in transforming the nature of political representation in many American cities." Informationen zum Autor Steven P. Erie is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California! San Diego. Zusammenfassung Unprecedented in its scope! Rainbow's End provides a bold new analysis of the emergence! growth! and decline of six classic Irish-American political machines in New York! Jersey City! Chicago! San Francisco! Pittsburgh and Albany. Combining the approaches of political economy and historical sociology! Erie examines a wide range of issues! including the relationship between city and state politics! the manner in which machines shaped ethnic and working-class politics! and the reasons why centralized party organizations failed to emerge in Boston and Philadelphia despite their large Irish populations. The book ends with a thorough discussion of the significance of machine politics for today's urban minorities. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables Preface I. The Irish and the Big-City Machines 2. Building the Nineteenth-Century Machines! 1840-1896 3· Guardians of Power: The Irish Versus the New Immigrants! 1896-1928 4. The Crisis of the 1930s: The Depression! the New Deal! and Changing Machine Fortunes! 1928-1950 5· The Last Hurrah? Machines in the Postwar Era! 1950-1985 6. Machine Building! Irish-American Style 7· Rainbow's End: Machines! Immigrants! and the Working Class Notes Bibliography Index
