Bringing Religion into Working-Class History : Parish, Public, and Politics in Providence, 1890-1930
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Title
Bringing Religion into Working-Class History : Parish, Public, and Politics in Providence, 1890-1930
Description
Essay exploring the diverse ways in which the Catholic church in Providence, Rhode Island served its predominantly immigrant, working-class parishioners as a public space from which to express political opinion, and as a mouthpiece for the assertion of various civil rights. The church as meeting space, often standing in for other American means of organization, education, or public communication. "[T]he centrality of the Catholic Church in working-class public life..." (151). An attempt at a new articulation of the place of religion in 20th century American working-class history. Focuses on Providence's Irish, Italian, and French Canadian immigrant Catholics.
Creator
Sterne, Evelyn Savidge
Date
2000-04 (spring)
Language
en
Type
Journal Article
Coverage
1890-1930; Providence, Rhode Island
Contribution Form
Zotero
ISSN
1527-8034 (online), 0145-5532 (print)
Issue
1
Pages
149-182
Publication Title
Social Science History
Volume
24