Excerpt from Ethnic Voting in Primary Elections, Vol. 12: The Irish and Italians of Providence, Rhode Island Once again, the Bureau of Government Research is pleased to make available for general distribution the results of scholarly research by students of government. Mr. Gabriel, a 1966 Master of Arts graduate of the University of Rhode Island, is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts. His study, Ethnic Voting in Primary Elections: The Irish and Italians of Providence, Rhode Island, is an outgrowth of research in preparation of his doctoral dissertation, which he is now completing. The Bureau of Government Research was established by resolution of the Board of Trustees of State Colleges for the purpose of rendering service in the field of municipal government and to the state. The Bureau was established on February 1, 1960. Copies of this publication and others in the Research Series may be obtained from the Bureau of Government Research, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881.

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