Hart, Steven,  1958- <br/><br/>
American dictators :  Frank Hague, Nucky Johnson, and the perfection of the urban political machine / 
Steven Hart. 
 - New Brunswick, New Jersey :  Rutgers University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (viii, 182 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates). 
 - Rivergate regionals .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. -- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781461951254 9780813562148 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Hague, Frank, 1876-1956. <br/>Johnson, Nucky, 1883-1968. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Politicians--United States--Biography.<br/>Political culture--United States--Case studies.<br/>Metropolitan government--United States--Case studies.<br/>City and town life--United States--Case studies.<br/>Mayors--New Jersey--Jersey City--Biography.<br/>Politicians--New Jersey--Atlantic City--Biography.<br/>Atlantic City (N.J.)--Politics and government--20th century.<br/>City and town life--United States--Case studies.<br/>Hague, Frank--1876-1956.<br/>Jersey City (N.J.)--Politics and government--20th century.<br/>Johnson, Nucky--1883-1968.<br/>Mayors--Jersey City--New Jersey--Biography.<br/>Metropolitan government--United States--Case studies.<br/>Political culture--United States--Case studies.<br/>Politicians--Atlantic City--New Jersey--Biography.<br/>Politicians--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E747  / .A447 2013