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Rascal King
The Life And Times Of James Michael Curley (1874-1958)
Av Jack Beatty
Häftad, 2000
262 kr
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Twice-jailed scoundrel and the people's champion, builder of hospitals and schools and shameless grafter, compelling orator and master of political farce, James Michael Curley was the stuff of legend long before his life became fiction in Edwin O'Connor's classic novel The Last Hurrah . As mayor of …
Age of Betrayal
Av Jack Beatty
E-bok, 2007
236 kr
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Age of Betrayal is a brilliant reconsideration of America''s first Gilded Age, when war-born dreams of freedom and democracy died of their impossibility. Focusing on the alliance between government and railroads forged by bribes and campaign contributions, Jack Beatty details the corruption of …
Mayor For A New America
Av Jack Beatty, Thomas M. Menino
E-bok, 2014
158 kr
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Boston''s late, revered mayor explains the power behind the city''s dramatic success — and its lessons for Washington power brokers.When Thomas Menino stepped down from office as one of the longest-serving major-city mayors in the nation''s history, he was among the most popular politicians in …
Colossus
How the Corporation Changed America
Av Jack Beatty
E-bok, 2002
78 kr
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Big business has been the lever of big change over time in American life, change in economy, society, politics, and the envelope of existence--in work, mores, language, consciousness, and the pace and bite of time. Such is the pattern revealed by this historical mosaic. --From the Preface Weaving …
Age of Betrayal
The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900
Av Jack Beatty
Häftad, 2008
242 kr
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Lost History of 1914
How the Great War Was Not Inevitable
Av Jack Beatty
E-bok, 2012
234 kr
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In The Lost History of 1914 , Jack Beatty examines the First World War and its causes, testing against fresh evidence the long-dominant assumption that it was inevitable. ''Most books set in 1914 map the path leading to war,'' Beatty writes, ''this one maps the multiple paths that led away from …
Lost History of 1914
How the Great War Was Not Inevitable
Av Jack Beatty
Häftad, 2014
231 kr
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In The Lost History of 1914, Jack Beatty examines the First World War and its causes, testing against fresh evidence the long-dominant assumption that it was inevitable. 'Most books set in 1914 map the path leading to war,' Beatty writes, 'this one maps the multiple paths that led away from it.' …
