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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Squires, James D., 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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 defending Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. Follows Nashville's transformation into a crucible of the civil rights movement"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Originally published: New York : Times Books, 1996.
Physical Description:1 online resource (326 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780826519252

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