A Stripe of Tammany's Tiger /

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"This book is a highly personal glimpse into the world of precinct, district, and county politics. It deals with several stripes of the Tammany Tiger and brings into close focus some of the most forceful background figures in New York City's political framework. Primarily, it is a forty-ye...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Eisenstein, Louis, 1894- (Autor), Rosenberg, Elliot (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fall Creek Books, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tammany Hall (Political organization)
Politics, Practical.
Politics and government
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
New York (State) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > Administration > 1951-
New York (N.Y.) > Administration > 1898-1951.
New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > 1951-
New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > 1898-1951.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Once upon a tiger
  • Nurtured in Tammany's realm
  • Ahern the Elder : squire of the Lower East Side
  • Ahearn the Younger : not by breadbaskets alone
  • Days of grandeur and grime
  • Changing of the guard : the White House, City Hall, Tammany Hall
  • The little flower, scent and odor
  • Tiger? What tiger? Do you see a tiger?
  • Years of the meek me-ow
  • Fission in fusion : the little flower withers away
  • O'Dwyer : a knight in rusty armor
  • War of the halls : City Hall versus Tammany Hall
  • Bashful Berty's last stand
  • The captains and kings depart
  • A Wagnerian opera without music
  • Of Tammany men, reformers, and reformed reformers.

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