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Boss Platt and His New York Machine: A Study of the Political Leadership of Thomas C. Platt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Others
by Harold F. Gosnell. 370 pgs.
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Preface
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter I: Social and Economic Background
Chapter II: New York School of Politics
Chapter III: Political Upheaval in New York.
Chapter IV: Platt's "Sunday Scitool Class"
Chapter V: Nominating Roosevelt for Public Office
Chapter VI: Electing Roosevelt Governor Of New York
Chapter VII: Control Over Law Making
Chapter Viii. Governor Roosevelt and Boss Platt
Chapter IX: The Distribution of the Spoils
Chapter X: "The Corrupt Alliance"
Chapter XI: Platt's Decline and Roosevelt's Capture Of the Organization
Chapter XII: Personal Qualities of Platt And Roosevelt
Chapter XIII: The Technique of Party Management
Chapter XIV: Conclusion
Index
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The Boss and the Machine: A Chronicle of the Politicians and Party Organization
by Samuel P. Orth. 206 pgs.
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CONTENTS
Chapter I: THE RISE OF THE PARTY
Chapter II: The Rise of the Machine
Chapter III: THE TIDE OF MATERIALISM
Chapter IV: THE POLITICIAN AND THE CITY
Chapter V: TAMMANY HALL
Chapter VI: LESSER OLIGARCHIES
Chapter VII: LEGISLATIVE OMNIPOTENCE
Chapter IX: THE AWAKENING
Chapter X: PARTY REFORM
Chapter XI: THE EXPERT AT LAST
INDEX
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Boss Tweed: The Story of a Grim Generation
by Denis Tilden Lynch. 426 pgs.
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Illustrations
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
Chapter XVII
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX
Chapter XXX
Chapter XXXI
Bibliography
Index
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The Last of the Big-Time Bosses: The Life and Times of Carmine De Sapio and the Rise and Fall of Tammany Hall
by Warren Moscow. 230 pgs.
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One: THE BOSS SYNDROME
Two: CLIMBING THE LADDER
Three: THE JUNGLE
Four: THE RISE TO THE TOP
Five: THE TASTE OF POWER
Six: HANGING IN THE BALANCE
Seven: VICTORY
Eight: THE GOLDEN YEARS
Nine: TROUBLE
Ten: THE REFORM ARMY RALLIES
Eleven: THE DOWNHILL ROAD
Twelve: THE FINANCES OF A BOSS
Thirteen: THE END OF THE LINE
Index
5 .
Our Fight with Tammany
by Charles H. Parkhurst. 296 pgs.
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Our Fight with Tammany
Chapter II: The Madison Square Pulpit's Analysis of Tammany
Chapter III: Discourse of February 14, Reviewed and Reviled.
Chapter IV: Rebuked by the Grand Jury
Chapter V: Collecting Evidence
Chapter VI: Affidavits in the Pulpit
Chapter VII: Presentment by the Grand Jury Against the Po Lice Department
Chapter VIII: Byrnes and the "Great Shake-Up"
Chapter IX: On the Rack
Chapter X: Mass Meeting at Cooper Union
Chapter XI: The Pulpit and Politics
Chapter XII: Gardner's Arrest and Trial
Chapter XIII: The Social Evil
Chapter XIV: Byrnes's Effort to Discredit the Crusade
Chapter XV: First Attack on Devery
Chapter XVI: Denunciation and Whitewash
Chapter XVII: The Broome Street Mob
Chapter XVIII: War on the Captains
Chapter XIX: The Chamber of Commerce Appeals to Albany
Chapter XX: The Senatorial Investigating Committee
Chapter XXI: The Committee of Seventy
Chapter XXII: Election Appeal from the Madison Square Pulpit
Chapter XXIII: Victory -- Its Perils and Opportunities
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Chester A. Arthur: A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics
by George Frederick Howe. 307 pgs.
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Preface
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Chapter I: Minister's Son
Chapter II: Young Lawyer
Chapter III: "General Arthur"
Chapter IV: Lieutenant in Conkling's Machine
Chapter V: Collector and "Boss"
Chapter VI: An Assault Upon the Machine
Chapter VII: The Struggle to Keep the Collectorship
Chapter VIII: Political Mastery -- Personal Misfortune
Chapter IX: The Surprising Nomination
Chapter X: A Close Election
Chapter XI: Vice President-Elect but Still a "Boss"
Chapter XII: Disaster to the New York Machine
Chapter XIII: "Arthur is President Now"
Chapter XIV: A New President and a New Administration
Chapter XV: Arthur's First Congress
Chapter XVI: The Star Route Prosecutions
Chapter XVII: The Administration Rebuked
Chapter XVIII: Arthur and Civil Service Reform
Chapter XIX: Arthur and Tariff Revision
Chapter XX: Too Much Money
Chapter XXI: Renovating the National Defense
Chapter XXII: Washington Life and Travels
Chapter XXIII: Blaine is Nominated
Chapter XXIV: Reciprocity, Nicaraguan Canal, and Conservatism
Chapter XXV: The New York Senatorship and Retirement
Chapter XXVI: The End of a Career
Select Bibliography
Index
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From Hayes to McKinley; National Party Politics, 1877-1896
by H. Wayne Morgan. 618 pgs.
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Preface
Contents
Prologue
Part One: 1877-1884
II: Presidential Sweepstakes: 1880-Style
III: Campaigns and Feuds: 1880-1881
IV: Arthur
V the Democracy Revives -- Barely
Part Two: 1885-1892
VI: Spoilsmen and Reformers: 1885-1887
VIII: The Billion-Dollar Congress: 1889-1891
IX: The Restless Farmers
Part Three: 1892-1896
X: "Grover, Grover, Four More Years"
XI: The Democracy's Fall: 1893-1894
XII: The Battle of the Standards
Conclusion
Key to Abbreviations
Bibliographical Note
Notes to Chapters
Index
8 .
Machine Politics: Chicago Model
by Harold F. Gosnell. 232 pgs.
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Preface
Foreword
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Maps and Charts
List of Tables
Chapter I Changing Party Fortunes
Chapter II You Can't Lick a Ward Boss
Chapter III Changing Character of Precinct Captains1
Chapter IV Activities of Precinct Captains
Chapter V the Voters' Response1
Chapter VI Conduct of Proposition Voting1
Chapter VII Action on Typical Measures
Summary
Chapter VIII Relation of the Press to Voting1
Summary
Chapter IX the Role of Urban Politics
Appendix A
Appendix B Factorial Analysis
Appendix C Formulas and Equations
Appendix D Bibliography
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The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition
by Paul M. Green, Melvin G. Holli. 310 pgs.
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Preface
1: JOSEPH MEDILL: CHICAGO'S FIRST MODERN MAYOR
2: CARTER H. HARRISON 101: THE POLITICS OFBALANCE
3: EDWARD F. DUNNE: THE LIMITS OF MUNICIPAL REFORM
4: FRED A. BUSSE: A SILENT MAYOR IN TURBULENT TIMES
5: BIG BILL THOMPSON: THE "MODEL" POLITICIAN
6: WILLIAM E. DEVER: A CHICAGO POLITICAL FABLE
7: ANTON J. CERMAK: THE MAN AND HIS MACHIINE
8: EDWARD J. KELLY: NEW DEAL MACHINE BUILDER
9: MARTIN H. KENNELLY: THE MUGWUMP AND THE MACHINE
10: MAYOR RICHARD J. DALEY AND THE POLITICS OF GOOD GOVERNMENT
11: MICIHAEL A. BILANDIC: THE LAST OF THE MACHINE REGULARS
12: JANE M. BYRNE: TO THINK UNTHINKABLE AND DO THE UNDOABLE
13: HAROLD WASHINGTON: THE ENIGMA OF THE BLACK POLITICAL TRADITION
14: THE SAWYER SAGA: A JOURNALIST, WHO JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE MAYOR'S PRESS SECRETARY, SPEAKS
15: THE DALEY ERA: RICHARD J. TO RICHARD M.
16: RANKING CHICAGO'S MAYORS: MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE WALL, WHO IS THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL?
Appendix: List of Experts Receiving Questionnaires
17: MAYORNING IN CHICAGO, 1837-1987: A STEPPING STONE TO HIGHER OFFICE OR A DEAD-END JOB?
18: THE CHICAGO POLITICAL TRADITION: A MAYORAL RETROSPECTIVE
Afterword to the Revised Edition
Appendix: CHICAGO MAYORS
Notes
Contributors
Index
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Personality in Politics: Reformers, Bosses
by William Bennett Munro. 120 pgs.
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I: The Reformer in Politics
II: The Boss in Politics
III: The Leader in Politics
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Democracy and the Party System in the United States
by M. Ostrogorski. 475 pgs.
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Table of Contents
First Chapter: The First Party Organizations in the United States
Second Chapter: The Establishment of the Convention System
Third Chapter: The Evolution of the Convention System
Fourth Chapter: The Evolution of the Convention System (continued)
Fifth Chapter: The Evolution of the Convention System
Sixth Chapter: The Local Organization
Seventh Chapter: The Conventions
Eighth Chapter: The National Convention
Ninth Chapter: The Election Campaign
Tenth Chapter: The Election Campaign (conclusion)
Eleventh Chapter: The Politicians and the Machine
Twelfth Chapter: The Politicians and the Machine (conclusion)
Thirteenth Chapter: The Extra-Constitutional Government in The Legislative Assemblies
Fourteenth Chapter: The Struggles for Emancipation
Fifteenth Chapter: The Struggles for Emancipation (conclusion)
Sixteenth Chapter: Summary
Seventeenth Chapter: Conclusion
Bibliographical Note
Index
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Political Parties and Electoral Problems
by Robert C. Brooks. 641 pgs.
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List Of Charts and Illustrations
Preface
Part I: Nature and Activities Of Parties Generally
Chapter I: Nature of Political Parties
Chapter II: Party Designations and Classification
Chapter III: Conditions of Party Life
Part II: Development of Parties in The United States
Chapter IV: Development of Parties in the United States Prior To the Civil War
Chapter V: Development of Parties in the United States 1860-1912
Chapter VI: Campaigns and Issues of 1916 and 1920
Chapter VII: Minor Parties and Their Platforms in 1920
Part III: Present Conditions of Parties In The United States
Chapter VIII: Organization of Political Parties
Chapter IX: Machines and Bosses
Chapter X: Nominations: Caucus and Convention System, Direct Primaries
Chapter XI: National Conventions
Chapter XII: Campaign Methods
Chapter XIII: Campaign Funds and Corrupt Practices Acts
Chapter XIV: The Electorate
Chapter XV: Elections and Ballots
Part IV: Problems of Party Reform in The United States
Chapter XVI: The Short Ballot; Proportional Representation
Chapter XVII: Initiative and Referendum
Chapter XVIII: The Recall
Chapter XIX: The Spoils System and Civil Service Reform
Chapter XX: Active Participation in Politics
Appendix
Index
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Politics in the United States: Readings in Political Parties and Pressure Groups
by Henry A. Turner. 436 pgs.
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Mcgraw-Hill Series in Political Science
Preface
Contents
Part One Introduction
1 Politics
Part Two Public Opinion and the Political Process
2 Public Opinion, Propaganda, And Opinion Measurement
3 Determinants of Public Opinion And Political Behavior
Part Three Pressure Groups
4 The Functions and Methods Of Pressure Groups
5 Agrarian Interest
6 Labor
7 Business
8 Miscellaneous Political Interest Groups
Part Four The Party System
9 Characteristics and Functions Of Political Parties
10 Responsible Political Parties
11 Party Organization, Machines And Bosses
12 Nominations, Elections, And Ballots
13 The National Convention
14 Political Campaigns
15 Money and Politics
16 Graft, Patronage, and Ethics
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