Boss Tweed's New York

by Bloomsbury Academic

Overview

This is a study of politics in New York City in the 1860s and 1870s, and of William Marcy Tweed, a classic example of the municipal machine boss.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313232596
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/22/1982
Series:	New Dimensions in History: Historical Cities Series
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Seymour J. Mandelbaum is Professor of City and Regional Planning and History at the University of Pennsylvania. His other books include Community and Communication.

Table of Contents

1.	Communication and Community	1
2.	Benchmarks and Barriers	7
3.	Communicating Across a Distance	19
4.	Communication and Organization	27
5.	The Democratic Dream	40
6.	Decentralized Government and the Big Pay-Off	46
7.	The Moment of Opportunity	59
8.	The Fall of the Ring	76
9.	In Pursuit of Economy	87
10.	Self-Confirming Suspicions: The End of Reform	105
11.	Structure, Not Party	114
12.	The Rejection of Kelly	131
13.	The Growth of Regulation	141
14.	Administering a Complex Environment	155
15.	Giant Without Direction	169
16.	Communication and Social Change	182
	A Note on Sources and Intellectual Debts	187
	Index	189

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"A rewarding description of New York in the days of Tweed."

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A rewarding description of New York City in the days of Tweed.

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