The triumph of ethnic Progressivism

Description:

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.

subjects: History,  Politics and government,  Political culture,  Ethnic relations,  Progressivism (United States politics),  Boston (mass.), politics and government,  Boston (mass.), social conditions

Places: Boston (Mass.),  Boston,  Massachusetts

Times: 20th century