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Irish vs. Yankees

A Social History of the Boston Schools

Irish vs. Yankees( )
Author: Sanders, James W.
ISBN:978-0-19-068157-9
Publication Date:Mar 2018
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $120.00
Book Description:

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 considers the interplay...
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