"No political scandal in American history has had a greater impact on America's political consciousness than the rise and fall of the ""Tweed Ring"" in New York City between 1866 and 1871. In an age ripe with scandal both public and private, the spectacular corruption charged to ""Boss"" Tweed and his associates - estimates of their extortion range from $20 million to $200 million - became an enduring symbol of the dark side of democratic politics."
Edited by:
Denis Lynch,
Dennis Hale
Imprint: Transaction Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 27mm
Weight: 635g
ISBN: 9780765809346
ISBN 10: 0765809346
Pages: 478
Publication Date: 30 April 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
I: Tweed's Ancestry; II: Apology and Error; III: His Boyhood; IV: Gangsters Enter Politics; V: The Old Order Dies Hard; VI: The Tiger; VII: The Forty Thieves; VIII: Jay Gould Penniless; IX: How Wood Was Named Fernando; X: Local Autonomy; XI: The Amphibious Wood; XII: Tilden, Editor; XIII: Playing on Prejudices; XIV: Suffer Little Children; XV: Bigotry Versus Bigotry; XVI: The Dominant Idea in Politics; XVII: A Sulky, Unbroken Silence; XVIII: Tweed Defeated for Sheriff; XIX: Regaining His Fortune; XX: The Draft Riots Begin; XXI: I Am Your Friend; XXII: Tweed Made a Lawy; XXIII: How the Bridge Was Built; XXIV: Undoing a Veto; XXV: How The Ring Worked; XXVI: Tweed Among the Elite; XXVII: Hailed as a Reformer; Dana Consoles Tweed; XXIX: Hang Them; XXX: Tilden in the Saddl; XXXI: Convicted
Denis Tilden Lynch was an experienced political observer who, as a reporter, covered the New York state legislature for the Herald Tribune for more than 30 years. Dennis Hale is associate professor of political science at Boston College. He has written widely on American politics and American political history.
