The bosses
By: edited by John D. Haeger, Michael P. Weber.
Contributors: Weber, Michael P.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Forum Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Saint Louis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Political corruption -- United States.; Municipal government -- United States.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [115]-118.
Table of contents: title: The nineteenth-century political boss: Goodnow, F. The Tweed ring. Callow, A. B., Jr. The immigrant and the boss. Plunkitt, G. W. The ward boss. Ostrogorski, M. Corporations, machines, and bosses. Croker, R. An apology for bossism.; title: The twentieth-century political boss: Howe, F. C. The boss as reformer. Dorsett, L. The New Deal and the boss. Halberstam, D. Richard J. Daley, modern boss. Royko, M. Machines politics, Chicago style. Banfield, E. and Wilson, J. The future of machine politics.