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Autore: | Czitrom Daniel J. <1951-> |
Titolo: | New York exposed : the gilded age police scandal that launched the progressive era / / Daniel Czitrom |
Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
©2016 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina: | 364.132309747109034 |
Soggetto topico: | Police corruption - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th century |
Vice control - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th century | |
Political corruption - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th century | |
Progressivism (United States politics) - History - 19th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | New York (N.Y.) History 1865-1898 |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover ; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Dedications ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; 1. Parkhurst's Challenge ; 2. The Buttons ; 3. Democratic City, Republican Nation ; 4. Anarchy vs. Corruption ; 5. A Rocky Start ; 6. Managing Vice, Extorting Business ; 7. "Reform Never Suffers from Frankness" |
8. "A Landslide, a Tidal Wave, a Cyclone" 9. Endgames ; Epilogue: The Lexow Effect ; Acknowledgments ; Note on Sources ; Notes ; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Animated by a vivid cast of characters, ranging from the bosses of Tammany Hall to prostitutes and counterfeiters to the do-gooders determined to change business as usual, Daniel Czitrom's New York Exposed offers an unforgettable portrait of a formative moment, when muckraking journalism and urban reform were beginning to alter the American social and political landscape. |
Titolo autorizzato: | New York exposed |
ISBN: | 0-19-938213-1 |
0-19-983701-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910798347503321 |
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