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Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics

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Availability:In StockContributor:Terry GolwayPublish date:2015-03-09Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Liveright Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9781631490033ISBN-10:1631490036UPC:9781631490033Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Political Process, American GovernmentBook Topic:State & Local, Political PartiesSize:8.03 x 6.17 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7099Product ID:SCGRARE5RT
History casts Tammany Hall as shorthand for the worst of urban politics: graft and patronage personified by notoriously crooked characters. In his groundbreaking work Machine Made, journalist and historian Terry Golway dismantles these stereotypes, focusing on the many benefits of machine politics for marginalized immigrants. As thousands sought refuge from Ireland's potato famine, the very question of who would be included under the protection of American democracy was at stake. Tammany's transactional politics were at the heart of crucial social reforms--such as child labor laws, workers' compensation, and minimum wages-- and Golway demonstrates that American political history cannot be understood without Tammany's profound contribution. Culminating in FDR's New Deal, Machine Made reveals how Tammany Hall "changed the role of government--for the better to millions of disenfranchised recent American arrivals" (New York Observer).
Language:EnglishPublisher:Liveright Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9781631490033ISBN-10:1631490036UPC:9781631490033Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Political Process, American GovernmentBook Topic:State & Local, Political PartiesSize:8.03 x 6.17 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7099Product ID:SCGRARE5RT
Golway, Terry: - Terry Golway was a journalist for thirty years, writing for the New York Observer, the New York Times, and other venues. He holds a PhD in American history from Rutgers University and is currently the director of the Kean University Center for History, Politics, and Policy in New Jersey.
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation

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