Mayor Crump don't like it : machine politics in Memphis / / G. Wayne Dowdy

• Autore: Dowdy G. Wayne
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.8/19053092; B
• Soggetto topico: Mayors - Tennessee - Memphis; Politics, Practical - Tennessee - Memphis - History - 20th century; African Americans - Tennessee - Memphis - Politics and government - 20th century; Legislators - United States
• Soggetto geografico: Memphis (Tenn.) Politics and government 20th century; Memphis (Tenn.) Race relations History 20th century; Memphis (Tenn.) Biography
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-148) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A business government by a business man -- The black flag of machine politics -- The people have made their statement -- A good Tammany Hall Tennessean -- The honor of having no opposition -- God bless you, boss.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the 1930's thousands of African Americans abandoned their long-standing allegiance to the party of Abraham Lincoln and began voting for Democratic Party candidates. This new voting pattern remapped the nation's political landscape and altered the relationship between citizen and government. One of the forgotten builders of this modern Democratic Party was Memphis mayor and congressman Edward Hull Crump (1874-1954). Crump created a biracial, multiethnic coalition within the segregated South that transformed the Mississippi Delta's largest city into a modern southern metropolis. Crump expanded
• Titolo autorizzato: Mayor Crump don't like it
• ISBN: 1-283-60844-8; 9786613920898; 1-60473-076-5; 1-4294-6063-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817343603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II