The Secrets of the Hopewell Box : Stolen Elections, Southern Politics, and a City's Coming of Age /

"Charts the Nashville machine's rupture with the state's political boss, Edward Crump of Memphis, and traces the reforms that shattered rural white control of the state legislature. Reenacts the downfall of Nashville lawyer Tommy Osborne, convicted of jury tampering in 1964 after defe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Squires, James D., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politics and government
Political corruption.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Corruption (Politique) > Tennessee > Nashville > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Political corruption > Tennessee > Nashville > History > 20th century.
Tennessee > Nashville.
Nashville (Tenn.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Part One: The Powder Puff Boys
  • Prologue
  • Dave
  • The Robinsons
  • An Undertaking
  • Part Two: Politics
  • Boss Crump's Gestapo
  • The Public Square
  • The Hopewell Box
  • Mink Slide
  • Part Three: The Colemere Club
  • Advancing the Art
  • Jake and Sillyman
  • Part Four: Booze and Bones
  • Stickmen and High Rollers
  • The Gorgeous Little Stooge
  • Part Five: Exile
  • Cootchie the Constable and Congress
  • Thugs and Jackasses
  • Part Six: Resurrection
  • Lessons from the Womb
  • The Unholy TrinityOld Dog
  • New Sandbox
  • A Little Evil
  • Part Seven: Camelot
  • A Jockey for Gallahadion
  • An Enemy Within
  • Part Eight: Heroes and Villains
  • Lessons on Making Sergeant
  • The Destruction of Chicken Man
  • The Last Hurrah
  • Part Nine: The Final Returns
  • Rewards of a Long Shot
  • Burying the Machine
  • For Real
  • Epilogue
  • Postscript
  • Acknowledgments
  • Sources
  • Index
  • About the Author

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