Claiming the city : politics, faith, and the power of place in St. Paul / Mary Lethert Wingerd.

Title:

ISBN:

9780801439360

Personal Author:

Wingerd, Mary Lethert, 1948-

Publication Information:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001.

Physical Description:

xiii, 326 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Contents:

The economy of culture : city building on the frontier -- Money, status, and power : the making of an Irish-Catholic town -- Delivering the goods : the social geography of a declining economy -- Raising the flag : the struggle to reshape civic identity -- Taking aim : enemies of the state -- The first volley : policing the social order -- The war of St. Paul and the end of the civic compact -- Vying for power : the showdown between business and labor -- Hard times in the "Holy City" : old alliances and new deals.

Corporate Subject:

Catholic Church -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- History -- 20th century.

Geographic Term:

Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.

Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.

Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.

Subject Term:

Political culture--Minnesota--Saint Paul -- History 20th century.

Regionalism -- Political aspects--Minnesota--Saint Paul -- History 20th century.

Working class--Minnesota--Saint Paul -- Political activity -- History 20th century.

Industrial relations--Minnesota--Saint Paul -- History 20th century.

Irish Americans--Minnesota--Saint Paul -- Politics and government 20th century.