Boston's Histories

by O'Connor, Thomas H.; Quigley, David; O'Toole, James M.

• ISBN13: 9781555535827
• ISBN10: 1555535828
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-08
• Publisher: Northeastern Univ Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

James O'Toole is Associate Professor of History at Boston College. He is the author of Passing for White: Race, Religion, and the Healy Family, 1820-1920 and Militant and Triumphant: William Henry O'Connell and the Catholic Church in Boston, 1859-1944. David Quigley is Assistant Professor of History at Boston College. He is the author of Second Founding: New York City and the Reconstruction of American Democracy and coeditor (with David N. Gellman) of Jim Crow New York: A Documentary History of Race and Citizenship, 1777-1877. Thomas H. O'Connor is University Historian and Professor of History, Emeritus, at Boston College. His numerous books include Boston Catholics: A History of the Church and Its People; Civil War Boston: Home Front and Battlefield; The Boston Irish: A Political History; and The Hub: Boston Past and Present, all published by Northeastern University Press.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction: O'Connor's Boston	p. 3
"A Long Train of Hideous Consequences": Boston, Capital Punishment, and the Transformation of Republicanism, 1780-1805	p. 13
Power and Social Responsibility: Entrepreneurs and the Black Community in Antebellum Boston	p. 37
The Secret World of Radical Publishers: The Case of Thayer and Eldridge of Boston	p. 52
"Lawless and Unprincipled": Women in Boston's Civil War Draft Riot	p. 71
Portrait of a Parish: Race, Ethnicity, and Class in Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross, 1865-1880	p. 92
Charles Sumner and the Political Cultures of Reconstruction in Massachusetts	p. 113
The Irish Question and Boston Politics	p. 124
Contested Bodies and Souls: Immigrant Converts in Boston, 1890-1940	p. 143
"A Strong Argument for Juries": The Saga of Willett v. Herrick	p. 168
The Politics of Sex and Race in Boston's NAACP, 1920-1940	p. 191
The Last Hurrah and the Pluralist Vision of American Politics	p. 214
The Failure of Catholic Interracialism in Boston before Busing	p. 228
The Catholic Church and the Desegregation of Boston's Public Schools	p. 246
Afterword	p. 270
Bibliography of Thomas H. O'Connor's Books	p. 275
Contributors	p. 277
Index	p. 281
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