American dictators [electronic resource] : Frank Hague, Nucky Johnson, and the perfection of the urban political machine / Steven Hart.
Material type: TextSeries: Rivergate regionalsPublication details: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm.)ISBN:- 9780813562148
- 0813562147
- Johnson, Nucky, 1883-1968
- Hague, Frank, 1876-1956
- Politicians -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City -- Biography
- Mayors -- New Jersey -- Jersey City -- Biography
- City and town life -- United States -- Case studies
- Metropolitan government -- United States -- Case studies
- Political culture -- United States -- Case studies
- 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 2013
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 Stop.
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