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

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

Terry Golway

400 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced

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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 ...

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