TY - BOOK AU - Squires,James D. ED - Project Muse. TI - The secrets of the Hopewell box: stolen elections, southern politics, and a city's coming of age SN - 9780826519252 AV - F444.N257 S68 2013 U1 - 320.9768/55 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Nashville PB - Vanderbilt University Press KW - Political corruption KW - Tennessee KW - Nashville KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Nashville (Tenn.) KW - Politics and government KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Originally published: New York : Times Books, 1996; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Charts the Nashville machine's rupture with the state's political boss, Edward Crump of Memphis, and traces the reforms that shattered rural white control of the state legislature. Reenacts the downfall of Nashville lawyer Tommy Osborne, convicted of jury tampering in 1964 after defending Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. Follows Nashville's transformation into a crucible of the civil rights movement"--Provided by publisher UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780826519252/ ER -