text Machine made : Tammany Hall and the creation of modern American politics
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A journalist, historian, and expert on the Irish American experience tackles the common stereotypes and presents a revisionist version of the notoriously crooked Tammany Hall, describing the crucial social reforms and labor improvements they contributed.
- Contents
- "Tammany Hall belongs to us" -- Mass politics -- The Great Hunger -- Civil War -- A Tammany riot -- Tammany's Irish Reconstruction -- Challenging the Gilded Age -- To hell with reform -- An admirable organization? -- Murphy's law -- Frank and Al -... Read more
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- Description
- xxiv, 367 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc 2014
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 974.704 GOL in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| TADL-WOOD | 974.704 GOL in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
Tammany Hall History
New York (N.Y.) Politics and government To 1898
New York (N.Y.) Politics and government 1898-1951
Irish Americans New York (State) New York Politics and government
Immigrants Political activity New York (State) New York History
Progressivism (United States politics) History
Municipal government New York (State) New York History
Politics, Practical New York (State) New York History
Political corruption New York (State) New York History
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 974.704 GOL in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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