Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics
Title | Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Terry Golway |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 511 |
Release | 2014-03-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0871407922 |
“Golway’s revisionist take is a useful reminder of the unmatched ingenuity of American politics.”—Wall Street Journal History casts Tammany Hall as shorthand for the worst of urban politics: graft and patronage personified by notoriously crooked characters. In his groundbreaking work Machine Made, journalist and historian Terry Golway dismantles these stereotypes, focusing on the many benefits of machine politics for marginalized immigrants. As thousands sought refuge from Ireland’s potato famine, the very question of who would be included under the protection of American democracy was at stake. Tammany’s transactional politics were at the heart of crucial social reforms—such as child labor laws, workers’ compensation, and minimum wages— and Golway demonstrates that American political history cannot be understood without Tammany’s profound contribution. Culminating in FDR’s New Deal, Machine Made reveals how Tammany Hall “changed the role of government—for the better to millions of disenfranchised recent American arrivals” (New York Observer).
History of Tammany Hall
Title | History of Tammany Hall PDF eBook |
Author | Gustavus Myers |
Publisher | Applewood Books |
Pages | 438 |
Release | 2012-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1458500659 |
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The History of Tammany Hall
Title | The History of Tammany Hall PDF eBook |
Author | Gustavus Myers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 1901 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The History of Tammany
Title | The History of Tammany PDF eBook |
Author | Leon Nelson Nichols |
Publisher | |
Pages | 540 |
Release | 1892 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
HIST OF TAMMANY HALL (CLASSIC
Title | HIST OF TAMMANY HALL (CLASSIC PDF eBook |
Author | Gustavus Myers |
Publisher | Forgotten Books |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2016-09-07 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781333501686 |
Excerpt from History of Tammany Hall If my narrative furnishes a sad story for the leaders and chieftains of the Tammany Society and the Tam many Hall political organization, the fault is not mine, but that of a multitude of incontestible public records. It was in no partisan spirit that I began the work, and in none that I now conclude it. I have always been an independent in politics; and I have even voted, when there seemed to me ample reason for doing so, a Tammany ticket. I have tried to set down nothing in malice, nor with such exceptions as are obviously neces sary with regard to living men, to extenuate anything whatever. Those who may be tempted to consider my work partial and partisan, on account of the showing that it makes of Tammany corruption and inefficiency, will do well to read carefully the pages relating to the Whigs and to some other opponents of Tammany Hall. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
History of the Tammany Society from Its Organization to the Present Time
Title | History of the Tammany Society from Its Organization to the Present Time PDF eBook |
Author | Euphemia Vale Blake |
Publisher | |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1901 |
Genre | Tammany Hall |
ISBN |
The History of Tammany Hall
Title | The History of Tammany Hall PDF eBook |
Author | Gustavus Myers |
Publisher | |
Pages | 381 |
Release | 2014-02-23 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781462239313 |
Hardcover reprint of the original 1901 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. for quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Myers, Gustavus. the History of Tammany Hall. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Myers, Gustavus. the History of Tammany Hall, . Gustavus Myers, 1901.