*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. v*CONTENTS, pg. vii*CHAPTER 1. ABOUT NEW ENGLAND: AN INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2. VERMONT: POLITICAL PARADOX, pg. 8*CHAPTER 3. NEW HAMPSHIRE POLITICS: TRIUMPH OF CONSERVATISM, pg. 46*CHAPTER 4. MAINE: PINE, POWER, AND POLITICS, pg. 79*CHAPTER 5. MASSACHUSETTS: THE STANDING ORDER UNDER ATTACK, pg. 119*CHAPTER 6. LAWMAKING IN MASSACHUSETTS: TRADITIONAL POMP AND POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCE, pg. 148*CHAPTER 7. RHODE ISLAND: ONE-PARTY FACADE AND TWO-PARTY REALITY?, pg. 172*CHAPTER 8. RHODE ISLAND: POLITICS ON THE SEAMY SIDE, pg. 209*CHAPTER 9. CONNECTICUT: THE POLITICS OF COMPETITION, pg. 228*CHAPTER 10. CONNECTICUT: LEGISLATIVE POLITICS AND PARTY COMPETITION, pg. 270*CHAPTER 11. ETHNIC ELEMENTS IN NEW ENGLAND POLITICS, pg. 305*CHAPTER 12. PUBLIC POLICY-MAKING AND POLITICAL PARTIES IN NEW ENGLAND, pg. 320*INDEX, pg. 341