Electoral capitalism : the party system in New York's Gilded Age /

Vast fortunes grew out of the party system during the Gilded Age. In New York, party leaders experimented with novel ways to accumulate capital for political competition and personal business. Partisans established banks. They drove a speculative frenzy in finance, real estate, and railroads. And th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Broxmeyer, Jeffrey D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]
Colección:American governance.
Temas:
1800-1899
Political parties > New York (State) > History > 19th century.
Political culture > New York (State) > History > 19th century.
Capitalism > Political aspects > New York (State) > History > 19th century.
Political corruption > New York (State) > History > 19th century.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
Corruption (Politique) > New York (État) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Local.
Capitalism > Political aspects
Political corruption
Political culture
Political parties
Politics and government
New York (State) > Politics and government > 19th century.
New York (État) > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle.
New York (State)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Tammany Bank Run of 1871
  • Chapter 1. Tammany Hall's Lost Financial Sector
  • Dawn of the Conkling Machine
  • Chapter 2. Republican Party Business
  • Can't You Help Me in Gettin the Vacant Place for Me
  • Chapter 3. Partisan Poor Relief
  • The Henry George Boom Fades
  • Chapter 4. Anti-Monopoly in the Age of Party Consolidation
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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