Boston's Histories: Essays in Honor of Thomas H. O'Connor

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James O'Toole, David Quigley
UPNE, 8. jan. 2004 - 284 strani

In a distinguished teaching and writing career that spans half a century, Thomas H. O'Connor has explored in-depth the richly layered history of his native Boston, bringing the city's diverse and fascinating heritage to a wide audience of historians and general readers alike. Now his significant contributions are celebrated in these essays by leading scholars in the field.

The broad range of histories included here builds on and extends O'Connor's work, offering a new lens through which to view Boston's vibrant social, ethnic, political, and religious past.

 

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OConnors Boston
3
Boston Capital Punishment
13
Entrepreneurs
37
The Case of Thayer and Eldridge of Boston
52
Women in Bostons Civil War Draft Riot
71
Race Ethnicity and Class in Bostons
92
Reconstruction in Massachusetts
113
The Irish Question and Boston Politics
124
The Saga of Willett v Herrick
168
The Politics of Sex and Race in Bostons NAACP 19201940
191
The Last Hurrah and the Pluralist Vision of American Politics
214
The Failure of Catholic Interracialism in Boston before Busing
228
The Catholic Church and the Desegregation of Bostons Public Schools
246
Afterword
270
Bibliography of Thomas H OConnors Books
275
Index
281

Immigrant Converts in Boston 18901940
143

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