Title American dictators : Frank Hague, Nucky Johnson, and the perfection of the urban political machine / Steven Hart

Published New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 182 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) Series Rivergate regionals Rivergate regionals. Contents 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 Summary American Dictators is the dual biography of two of America's greatest political bosses: Frank Hague and Enoch "Nucky" Johnson. Packed with compelling information and written in an informal, sometimes humorous style, the book shows Hague and Johnson at the peak of their power and the strength of their political machines during the years of Prohibition and the Great Depression. Steven Hart compares how both men used their influence to benefit and punish the local citizenry, amass huge personal fortunes, and sometimes collaborate to trounce their enemies. Both Hague and Johnson shrewdly integrated otherwise disenfranchised groups into their machines and gave them a stake in political power. Yet each failed to adapt to changing demographics and circumstances. In American Dictators, Hart paints a balanced portrait of their accomplishments and their failures. -- Publisher website Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Hague, Frank, 1876-1956. Johnson, Nucky, 1883-1968. SUBJECT Hague, Frank, 1876-1956 fast Johnson, Nucky, 1883-1968 fast Subject Politicians -- United States -- Biography Political culture -- United States -- Case studies Metropolitan government -- United States -- Case studies City and town life -- United States -- Case studies Mayors -- New Jersey -- Jersey City -- Biography Politicians -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. City and town life Mayors Metropolitan government Political culture Politics and government Politicians SUBJECT Jersey City (N.J.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century Atlantic City (N.J.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century Subject New Jersey -- Atlantic City New Jersey -- Jersey City United States Genre/Form collective biographies. Biographies Case studies Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781461951254 1461951259 9780813562148 0813562147

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