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16%OFFTerry Golway - Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics - 9781631490033 - V9781631490033
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Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics

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Description for Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics Paperback. "Golway's revisionist take is a useful reminder of the unmatched ingenuity of American politics."-Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 330.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781631490033
SKU
V9781631490033
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About Terry Golway
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.

Reviews for Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics
"Golway’s revisionist history chips away at Tammany Hall’s calcified reputation and reveals that the Democratic machine that produced Boss Tweed-era corruption was also a force for worthy reform."
Amy Finnerty - The New York Times Book Review "Lively and thoughtful."
Weekly Standard "An important but forgotten story—of how American politics once worked for the poor and weak rather ... Read more

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