City bosses in the United States; a study of twenty municipal bosses / by Harold Zink ..
1930
KF4921 .Z5 (Mapit)
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City bosses in the United States; a study of twenty municipal bosses / by Harold Zink ..
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Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1930.
Description
xi, 371 pages : frontispiece, portraits ; 24 cm.
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Duke University publications.
Formatted Contents Note
Boss backgrounds.
Personal characteristics of city bosses.
Domestic and social relations.
Municipal bosses as politicians.
Is there a "typical" boss?
"Craz" Martin Lomasney (Boston).
"Big-Tim" Sullivan (the Bowery).
"Honorable" William H. Tweed (New York).
"Honest John" Kelly (New York).
Richard Croker (New York).
"Commissioner" Charles F. Murphy (New York).
"Judge" George W. Olvany (New York).
"Old Man" Hugh McLaughlin (Brooklyn).
"King" James McManes (Philadelphia).
"Judge" Israel W. Durham (Philadelphia).
"Duke" Edwin H. Vare (Philadelphia).
Christopher Lyman Magee (Pittsburgh).
"Senator" William Flinn (Pittsburgh).
"Old Boy" George B. Cox (Cincinnati).
"The mystery man of Chicago" [Fred Lundlin].
Roger C. Sullivan (Chicago).
"Colonel" Edward Butler (St. Louis).
Martin Behrman (New Orleans).
"The Genial Doctor" Albert A. Ames (Minneapolis).
Abraham Ruef (San Francisco)
Personal characteristics of city bosses.
Domestic and social relations.
Municipal bosses as politicians.
Is there a "typical" boss?
"Craz" Martin Lomasney (Boston).
"Big-Tim" Sullivan (the Bowery).
"Honorable" William H. Tweed (New York).
"Honest John" Kelly (New York).
Richard Croker (New York).
"Commissioner" Charles F. Murphy (New York).
"Judge" George W. Olvany (New York).
"Old Man" Hugh McLaughlin (Brooklyn).
"King" James McManes (Philadelphia).
"Judge" Israel W. Durham (Philadelphia).
"Duke" Edwin H. Vare (Philadelphia).
Christopher Lyman Magee (Pittsburgh).
"Senator" William Flinn (Pittsburgh).
"Old Boy" George B. Cox (Cincinnati).
"The mystery man of Chicago" [Fred Lundlin].
Roger C. Sullivan (Chicago).
"Colonel" Edward Butler (St. Louis).
Martin Behrman (New Orleans).
"The Genial Doctor" Albert A. Ames (Minneapolis).
Abraham Ruef (San Francisco)
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KF4921 .Z5
Language
English
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