Description |
1 online resource (viii, 182 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) |
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Rivergate regionals |
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Rivergate regionals.
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Contents |
Introduction: The One Who Got Away, and the One Who Didn't -- In the Court of the Emerald King -- Lines of Power -- Boom Times -- Hard Times -- Public Works -- A Choice of Enemies -- Decline and Fall -- Epilogue: The Machines That Didn't Stop |
Summary |
American Dictators is the dual biography of two of America's greatest political bosses: Frank Hague and Enoch "Nucky" Johnson. Packed with compelling information and written in an informal, sometimes humorous style, the book shows Hague and Johnson at the peak of their power and the strength of their political machines during the years of Prohibition and the Great Depression. Steven Hart compares how both men used their influence to benefit and punish the local citizenry, amass huge personal fortunes, and sometimes collaborate to trounce their enemies. Both Hague and Johnson shrewdly integrated otherwise disenfranchised groups into their machines and gave them a stake in political power. Yet each failed to adapt to changing demographics and circumstances. In American Dictators, Hart paints a balanced portrait of their accomplishments and their failures. -- Publisher website |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Hague, Frank, 1876-1956.
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Johnson, Nucky, 1883-1968.
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SUBJECT |
Hague, Frank, 1876-1956 fast |
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Johnson, Nucky, 1883-1968 fast |
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Politicians -- United States -- Biography
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Political culture -- United States -- Case studies
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Metropolitan government -- United States -- Case studies
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City and town life -- United States -- Case studies
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Mayors -- New Jersey -- Jersey City -- Biography
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Politicians -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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City and town life
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Mayors
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Metropolitan government
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Political culture
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Politics and government
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Politicians
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Jersey City (N.J.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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Atlantic City (N.J.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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New Jersey -- Atlantic City
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New Jersey -- Jersey City
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United States
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Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Case studies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781461951254 |
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1461951259 |
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9780813562148 |
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0813562147 |
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