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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787481903321

Autore

Allswang John M.

Titolo

A house for all peoples : ethnic politics in Chicago 1890-1936 / / John M. Allswang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1971

©1971

ISBN

0-8131-6194-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

320.977311

Soggetti

Minorities - Illinois - Chicago - History

Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART ONE: ETHNIC POLITICS; I. Ethnic Groups & Their Politics; II. Chicago's Ethnics & Their Politics to 1917; III. Ethnic Voting Behavior, 1918- 1936; IV. Some Measures of Ethnic Voting Behavior; V. Ethnic Group Party Identification; VI. Political Party Self-Conceptions; PART TWO: THE FORCES OF COALITION; VII. Political Issues; VIII. Political Organization; IX. Crime & Reform; X. Socioeconomic Class; XI. Conclusion.' A House for all Peoples; Appendix; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

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Sommario/riassunto

This book assesses the role of urban ethnic groups, particularly in terms of the rise of the Democratic Party to national predominance between 1928 and 1932. It builds quantitative and qualitative models for the study of ethnic groups in terms of political behavior. Focusing clearly upon political change and the role of ethnicity, the work advances the hypothesis that Chicago's ethnic groups responded as ethnic groups, rather than on socio-economic or other bases, when they shifted their party allegiances in the late twenties. This ethnic realignment was a major factor in the redistribution of