American dictators : Frank Hague, Nucky Johnson, and the perfection of the urban political machine /
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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 s...

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Main Author: Hart, Steven, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Series:Rivergate regionals.
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505 0 |a 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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