Machine Politics in New Orleans 1897-1926 / / George M. Reynolds.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Reynolds, George M.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1936]; ©1936
• Year of Publication: 1936
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 421
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER I. Social and Economic Background --; CHAPTER II. Legal Position of New Orleans --; CHAPTER III. Election Machinery and Party Organization --; CHAPTER IV. Martin Behrman, Mayor and Choctaw Club Leader --; CHAPTER V. The Organization and Election Methods of the Choctaw Club --; CHAPTER VI. Relations with Business-Legitimate and Illegitimate --; CHAPTER VII. The Distribution of Patronage-The City-State Relation --; CHAPTER VIII. Character and Methods of Factional Opponents of the Choctaw Club --; CHAPTER IX. Conclusion --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231885904; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/reyn91874
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: George M. Reynolds.

Presents the first study of machine politics in a southern city, New Orleans. New Orleans was selected because it affords a basis for comparing southern methods with those of the Northern and Eastern cities while at the same time it discloses much that is unique and peculiar to New Orleans.