Machine Made: Tammany Hall and the Creation of Modern American Politics

by Terry Golway

Book Overview

For decades, history has considered Tammany Hall, New York's famous political machine, shorthand for the worst of urban politics: graft, crime, and patronage personified by notoriously corrupt characters. Infamous crooks like William "Boss" Tweed dominate traditional histories of Tammany, distorting our understanding of a critical chapter of American political history. In Machine Made, historian and New York City journalist Terry Golway convincingly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871403757
• ISBN13: 9780871403759
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6"