An edition of City bosses in the United States: a study of twenty municipal bosses (1930)

City bosses in the United States

a study of twenty municipal bosses

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City bosses in the United States
Zink, Harold, Zink, Harold
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Duke University Press
Language
English
Pages
371

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Subjects

Municipal government, Political corruption, Practical Politics

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United States
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City bosses in the United States: a study of twenty municipal bosses
1930, Duke University Press
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Table of Contents

Boss backgrounds.
Personal characteristics of city bosses.
Domestic and social relations.
Municipal bosses and business.
From novice to boss.
Municipal bosses as politicians.
Is there a "typical" boss?
"Czar" Martin Lomasney (Boston).
"Big Tim" Sullivan (the Bowery).
"Honorable" William M. Tweed (New York).
"Honest John" Kelly (New York).
Richard Croker (New York).
"Commissioner" Charles F. Murphy (New York).
"Judge" George W. Olvany (New York).
"Old Man" Hugh McLaughlin (Brooklyn).
"King" James McManes (Philadelphia).
"Judge" Israel W. Durham (Philadelphia).
"Duke" Edwin H. Vare (Philadeplhia).
Christopher Lyman Magee (Pittsburgh).
"Senator" William Flinn (Pittsburgh).
"Old Boy" George B. Cox (Cincinnati).
"The mystery man of Chicago" [Fre Lundin].
Roger C. Sullivan (Chicago).
"Colonel" Edward Butler (St. Louis.)
Martin Behrman (New Orlenas).
"The Genial Doctor" Albert A. Ames (Minneapolis).
Abraham Ruef (San Francisco).

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Published in
Durham, N.C
Series
Duke University publications

Classifications

Library of Congress
JS309 .Z5

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Pagination
xi, 371 p.
Number of pages
371

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OL6751123M
LCCN
30031996
OCLC/WorldCat
347396

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OL15123627W

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