Title Irish vs. Yankees : a social history of the Boston schools / James W. Sanders

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages) Contents Hopeful Beginnings, 1808-1823 -- Laying the Cornerstone, 1825-1846 -- Peace at Almost Any Price, 1846- 1866 -- Religion over All, 1866-1907 -- Catholic Schools Triumphant? 1907-1944 -- Public School/Catholic School: 1914-World War II Summary Boston entered the twentieth century as an Irish Catholic city, no longer the ""Yankee"" town of its Puritan past. The dominance of the Irish Catholic population gave it political control of the city, and significantly, control of the public schools. Unlike in other American cities, Boston Catholics had little need for a large or influential parochial system: they had the School Committee, school principals, and the teachers. In Irish vs. Yankees, James W. Sanders takes a new look at this critical period in the development of Boston schools, from 1822, when Boston officially became a city, to the Second World War. Framing the discussion around the Catholic hierarchy, he considers the interplay of social forces in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that led to the political rise of the Irish Catholic over the native Brahmin and the way this development shaped Boston's schools. From Bishop John Fitzpatrick to Boston College, Sanders introduces a cast of colorful characters and institutions to this tale of the education and religion in one of America's most prominent cities. Irish vs. Yankees, James W. Sanders considers the interplay of social forces in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that led to the political rise of the Iris. -- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 19, 2018) Subject Catholic Church -- Education -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History SUBJECT Catholic Church fast Subject Public schools -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History Education -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History Education -- Social aspects -- Massachusetts -- Boston Catholics -- Massachusetts -- Boston EDUCATION -- Essays. EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. EDUCATION -- Reference. Catholics Education Education -- Social aspects Public schools Social conditions SUBJECT Boston (Mass.) -- Social conditions Subject Massachusetts -- Boston Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017038674 ISBN 9780190681609 0190681608 9780190681586 0190681586 9780190681593 0190681594

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