City bosses in the United States
Subtitle: a study of twenty municipal bosses
By: by Harold Zink ...
Series: Duke University publications
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1930
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Politics, Practical.; Municipal government -- United States.; Political corruption.
Table of contents: title: Boss backgrounds.; title: Personal characteristics of city bosses.; title: Domestic and social relations.; title: Municipal bosses and business.; title: From novice to boss.; title: Municipal bosses as politicians.; title: Is there a "typical" boss?; title: "Czar" Martin Lomasney (Boston).; title: "Big Tim" Sullivan (the Bowery).; title: "Honorable" William M. Tweed (New York).; title: "Honest John" Kelly (New York).; title: Richard Croker (New York).; title: "Commissioner" Charles F. Murphy (New York).; title: "Judge" George W. Olvany (New York).; title: "Old Man" Hugh McLaughlin (Brooklyn).; title: "King" James McManes (Philadelphia).; title: "Judge" Israel W. Durham (Philadelphia).; title: "Duke" Edwin H. Vare (Philadeplhia).; title: Christopher Lyman Magee (Pittsburgh).; title: "Senator" William Flinn (Pittsburgh).; title: "Old Boy" George B. Cox (Cincinnati).; title: "The mystery man of Chicago" [Fre Lundin].; title: Roger C. Sullivan (Chicago).; title: "Colonel" Edward Butler (St. Louis.); title: Martin Behrman (New Orlenas).; title: "The Genial Doctor" Albert A. Ames (Minneapolis).; title: Abraham Ruef (San Francisco).