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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. As structural reforms weakened a ward-based party system that helped mute ethnic conflict, this new formula for political mobilization grew more powerful. Its most effective variation in Boston was an "ethnic progressivism" that depicted the city's public life as a clash between its immigrant majority--"the people"--and a wealthy Brahmin elite--"the interests." As this portrayal took hold, Bostonians came to view their city as a community permanently beset by ethnic strife. 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. He rejects the assumption that ethnic politics was machine politics and employs both institutional and rhetorical analysis to reconstruct the inner workings of neighborhood public life and the social narratives that bound the city together. The result is a deeply textured picture that differs sharply from the traditional view of machine-reform conflict.

Political culture --- Progressivism (United States politics) --- Culture --- Political science --- History --- Boston (Mass.) --- City of Boston (Mass.) --- Beantown (Mass.) --- بوسطن (Mass.) --- Būsṭun (Mass.) --- Бостон (Mass.) --- Горад Бостан (Mass.) --- Horad Bostan (Mass.) --- Бостан (Mass.) --- Bostan (Mass.) --- Бостън (Mass.) --- Bostŭn (Mass.) --- Βοστώνη (Mass.) --- Vostōnē (Mass.) --- Bostono (Mass.) --- بوستون (Mass.) --- Pô-sṳ-tun (Mass.) --- 보스턴 (Mass.) --- Bosŭt'ŏn (Mass.) --- Posŭt'ŏn (Mass.) --- Pokekona (Mass.) --- בוסטון (Mass.) --- Bostonia (Mass.) --- Bostona (Mass.) --- Bostonas (Mass.) --- ボストン (Mass.) --- באסטאן (Mass.) --- Bostons (Mass.) --- 波士顿 (Mass.) --- Boshidun (Mass.) --- Politics and government. --- Ethnic relations.

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In the early 1980s, tens of thousands of Cambodian refugees fled their war-torn country to take up residence in the United States, where they quickly became one of the most troubled and least studied immigrant groups. This book is the story of that passage, and of the efforts of Khmer Americans to recreate the fabric of culture and identity in the aftermath of the Khmer holocaust.Based on long-term research among Cambodians residing in metropolitan Boston, this rich ethnography provides a vivid portrait of the challenges facing Khmer American culture as seen from the perspective of elders attempting to preserve Khmer Buddhism in a deeply unfamiliar world. The study highlights the tensions and ambivalences of Khmer socialization, with particular emphasis on Khmer conceptions of personhood, morality, and sexuality. Nancy J. Smith-Hefner considers how this cultural heritage influences the performance of Khmer children in American schools and, ultimately, determines Khmer engagement with American culture.

Cambodian Americans --- United States Local History --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- History & Archaeology --- Cambodians --- Ethnology --- Ethnic identity --- Religion --- Boston (Mass.) --- Ethnic relations. --- City of Boston (Mass.) --- Beantown (Mass.) --- بوسطن (Mass.) --- Būsṭun (Mass.) --- Бостон (Mass.) --- Горад Бостан (Mass.) --- Horad Bostan (Mass.) --- Бостан (Mass.) --- Bostan (Mass.) --- Бостън (Mass.) --- Bostŭn (Mass.) --- Βοστώνη (Mass.) --- Vostōnē (Mass.) --- Bostono (Mass.) --- بوستون (Mass.) --- Pô-sṳ-tun (Mass.) --- 보스턴 (Mass.) --- Bosŭt'ŏn (Mass.) --- Posŭt'ŏn (Mass.) --- Pokekona (Mass.) --- בוסטון (Mass.) --- Bostonia (Mass.) --- Bostona (Mass.) --- Bostonas (Mass.) --- ボストン (Mass.) --- באסטאן (Mass.) --- Bostons (Mass.) --- 波士顿 (Mass.) --- Boshidun (Mass.)

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The evolution of the Boston metropolitan area, from country villages and streetcar suburbs to exurban sprawl and "smart growth.".

Cities and towns --- Growth. --- Boston Metropolitan Area (Mass.) --- Economic conditions. --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- Sociology, Urban --- Metropolitan areas --- Growth --- Boston (Mass.) --- E-books --- Conurbations --- MAs (Metropolitan areas) --- Metropolitan statistical areas --- City of Boston (Mass.) --- Beantown (Mass.) --- بوسطن (Mass.) --- Būsṭun (Mass.) --- Бостон (Mass.) --- Горад Бостан (Mass.) --- Horad Bostan (Mass.) --- Бостан (Mass.) --- Bostan (Mass.) --- Бостън (Mass.) --- Bostŭn (Mass.) --- Βοστώνη (Mass.) --- Vostōnē (Mass.) --- Bostono (Mass.) --- بوستون (Mass.) --- Pô-sṳ-tun (Mass.) --- 보스턴 (Mass.) --- Bosŭt'ŏn (Mass.) --- Posŭt'ŏn (Mass.) --- Pokekona (Mass.) --- בוסטון (Mass.) --- Bostonia (Mass.) --- Bostona (Mass.) --- Bostonas (Mass.) --- ボストン (Mass.) --- באסטאן (Mass.) --- Bostons (Mass.) --- 波士顿 (Mass.) --- Boshidun (Mass.) --- 711.432 --- 911.375.633 --- 711.432 Planologie: hoofdsteden; wereldsteden; metropolen --- Planologie: hoofdsteden; wereldsteden; metropolen --- Suburbs. Suburban areas --- City planning --- Villes --- Urbanisme --- Croissance --- Boston, Agglomération de (Mass.) --- Conditions économiques

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In 2004 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston announced plans to close or merge more than eighty parish churches. Scores of Catholics-28,000, by the archdiocese's count-would be asked to leave their parishes. The closures came just two years after the first major revelations of clergy sexual abuse and its cover up. Wounds from this profound betrayal of trust had not healed.In the months that followed, distraught parishioners occupied several churches in opposition to the closure decrees. Why did these accidental activists resist the parish closures, and what do their actions and reactions tell us about modern American Catholicism? Drawing on extensive fieldwork and with careful attention to Boston's Catholic history, Seitz tells the stories of resisting Catholics in their own words, and illuminates how they were drawn to reconsider the past and its meanings. We hear them reflect on their parishes and the sacred objects and memories they hold, on the way their personal histories connect with the history of their neighborhood churches, and on the structures of authority in Catholicism.Resisters describe how they took their parishes and religious lives into their own hands, and how they struggled with everyday theological questions of respect and memory; with relationships among religion, community, place, and comfort; and with the meaning of the local church. No Closure is a story of local drama and pathos, but also a path of inquiry into broader questions of tradition and change as they shape Catholics' ability to make sense of their lives in a secular world.

Church closures --- Parishes --- Church polity --- Church closings --- Closing of churches --- Closings of churches --- Closure of churches --- Closures of churches --- Church management --- History --- History. --- Catholic Church. --- Boston (Archdiocese) --- Boston (Mass. : Archdiocese : Catholic Church) --- Boston (Mass.) --- City of Boston (Mass.) --- Beantown (Mass.) --- بوسطن (Mass.) --- Būsṭun (Mass.) --- Бостон (Mass.) --- Горад Бостан (Mass.) --- Horad Bostan (Mass.) --- Бостан (Mass.) --- Bostan (Mass.) --- Бостън (Mass.) --- Bostŭn (Mass.) --- Βοστώνη (Mass.) --- Vostōnē (Mass.) --- Bostono (Mass.) --- بوستون (Mass.) --- Pô-sṳ-tun (Mass.) --- 보스턴 (Mass.) --- Bosŭt'ŏn (Mass.) --- Posŭt'ŏn (Mass.) --- Pokekona (Mass.) --- בוסטון (Mass.) --- Bostonia (Mass.) --- Bostona (Mass.) --- Bostonas (Mass.) --- ボストン (Mass.) --- באסטאן (Mass.) --- Bostons (Mass.) --- 波士顿 (Mass.) --- Boshidun (Mass.) --- Church history. --- 282 <73> --- Katholieke Kerk. Rooms-katholieken--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA

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Urban renewal --- Community life --- Social change --- Model cities --- Renewal, Urban --- Urban redevelopment --- Urban renewal projects --- City planning --- Land use, Urban --- Urban policy --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Human ecology --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- History --- Boston (Mass.) --- City of Boston (Mass.) --- Beantown (Mass.) --- بوسطن (Mass.) --- Būsṭun (Mass.) --- Бостон (Mass.) --- Горад Бостан (Mass.) --- Horad Bostan (Mass.) --- Бостан (Mass.) --- Bostan (Mass.) --- Бостън (Mass.) --- Bostŭn (Mass.) --- Βοστώνη (Mass.) --- Vostōnē (Mass.) --- Bostono (Mass.) --- بوستون (Mass.) --- Pô-sṳ-tun (Mass.) --- 보스턴 (Mass.) --- Bosŭt'ŏn (Mass.) --- Posŭt'ŏn (Mass.) --- Pokekona (Mass.) --- בוסטון (Mass.) --- Bostonia (Mass.) --- Bostona (Mass.) --- Bostonas (Mass.) --- ボストン (Mass.) --- באסטאן (Mass.) --- Bostons (Mass.) --- 波士顿 (Mass.) --- Boshidun (Mass.) --- Social conditions