American dictators : Frank Hague, Nucky Johnson, and the perfection of the urban political machine / Steven Hart.
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- computer
- online resource
- 9780813562148 (ebook)
- Hague, Frank, 1876-1956
- Johnson, Nucky, 1883-1968
- City and town life -- United States -- Case studies
- Mayors -- New Jersey -- Jersey City -- Biography
- Metropolitan government -- United States -- Case studies
- Political culture -- United States -- Case studies
- Politicians -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City -- Biography
- Politicians -- United States -- Biography
- Atlantic City (N.J.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Jersey City (N.J.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- 974.9/0430922 B 23
- E747 .H29 2013eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The One Who Got Away, and the One Who Didn't -- In the Court of the Emerald King -- Lines of Power -- Boom Times -- Hard Times -- Public Works -- A Choice of Enemies -- Decline and Fall -- Epilogue: The Machines That Didn't Stopages.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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