City bosses in the United States ; a study of twenty municipal bosses / by Harold Zink.
| Author/creator | Zink, Harold |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1930. |
| Description | xi, 371 pages : frontispiece, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Duke university publications Duke University publications. ^A642176 |
| Contents | Boss backgrounds.--Personal characteristics of city bosses.--Domestic and social relations.--Municipal bosses and business.--From novice to boss.--Municipal bosses as politicians.--Is there a "typical" boss?--"Czar" Martin Lomasney (Boston).--"Big Tim" Sullivan (the Bowery).--"Honorable" William M. Tweed (New York).--"Honest John" Kelly (New York).--Richard Croker (New York).-- "Commissioner" Charles F. Murphy (New York).--"Judge" George W. Olvany (New York).--"Old Man" Hugh McLaughlin (Brooklyn).--"King" James McManes (Philadelphia).--"Judge" Israel W. Durham (Philadelphia).--"Duke" Edwin H. Vare (Philadeplhia).--Christopher Lyman Magee (Pittsburgh).--"Senator" William Flinn (Pittsburgh).--"Old Boy" George B. Cox (Cincinnati).--"The mystery man of Chicago" [Fre Lundin].--Roger C. Sullivan (Chicago).--"Colonel" Edward Butler (St. Louis.)--Martin Behrman (New Orlenas).--"The Genial Doctor" Albert A. Ames (Minneapolis).--Abraham Ruef (San Francisco). |
| LCCN | 30031996 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | JS309 .Z5 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |