Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics - Couverture rigide

Golway, Terry

 
9780871403759: Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics
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ISBN 10 : 0871403757 ISBN 13 : 9780871403759
Editeur : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2014

Synopsis

History casts Tammany Hall as shorthand for the worst of urban politics: graft, crime and patronage personified by notoriously crooked characters. In Machine Made Terry Golway dismantles these stereotypes and presents a starkly revisionist portrait, focusing on the many benefits of machine politics for marginalised and maligned American immigrants. As thousands fled the Irish potato famine and began new lives in New York, the very question of the meaning of democracy and who would be included under its protection was at stake. Tammany's transactional politics were at the heart of crucial social reforms and Golway demonstrates that American labour history cannot be understood without Tammany's profound contribution.

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À propos de l?auteur

Terry Golway was a journalist for thirty years, writing for The New York Observer, The New York Times and other journals. He is the director of the Kean University Center for History, Politics and Policy in New Jersey.

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Éditeur
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0871403757
ISBN 13 
9780871403759
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
400
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781631490033: Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics

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ISBN 10 :  1631490036 ISBN 13 :  9781631490033
Editeur : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015
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