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Pub. Date
1963
Physical Desc
98 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
This classic work presents the candid wit and wisdom of George Washington Plunkitt (1842—1924), a longtime state senator from New York who represented the Fifteenth Assembly District and was especially powerful in New York City. Plunkitt was part of the city's Tammany Hall organization and a cynical practitioner of what today is generally known as "machine politics," a patronage-based system in which politicians openly exercise power for personal...
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