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Irish Power Brokers: How Immigrants Built City Machines

Irish Power Brokers: How Immigrants Built City Machines

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This episode explores how Irish immigrants transformed hardship into influence through the ward, parish, and union—a survival system that became a political force in American cities. It also traces how machine politics, labor power, and public works turned newcomers into key players in shaping modern urban democracy.
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