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Unprecedented in its scope, Rainbow's End provides a bold new analysis of the emergence, growth, and decline of six classic Irish-American political machines in New York, Jersey City, Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Albany. Combining the approaches of political economy and historical sociology, Erie examines a wide range of issues, including the relationship between city and state politics, the manner in which machines shaped ethnic and working-class politics, and the reasons why centralized party organizations failed to emerge in Boston and Philadelphia despite their large Irish populations. The book ends with a thorough discussion of the significance of machine politics for today's urban minorities.

Metropolitan government --- Municipal government --- Politics, Practical --- Irish Americans --- Consolidation of local governments --- Urban politics --- Local government --- Metropolitan areas --- Municipal corporations --- Ethnology --- Irish --- Electoral politics --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Politics --- Practical politics --- Political science --- Political participation --- History. --- Politics and government. --- History --- albany. --- bossism. --- boston. --- catholic culture. --- centralized party. --- chicago. --- citizenship. --- city politics. --- democracy. --- ethnic loyalties. --- ethnicity. --- history. --- irish american. --- irish cities. --- irish culture. --- irish immigrants. --- irish populations. --- jersey city. --- labor. --- machine politics. --- minorities. --- minority politics. --- new york. --- nonfiction. --- philadelphia. --- pittsburgh. --- political corruption. --- political economy. --- political machine. --- politics. --- san francisco. --- sociology. --- state politics. --- united states. --- urban minorities. --- urban. --- working class.