Life of Honest Graft -- the Life and Times of George Washington Plunkett The political machine created at Tammany Hall by Boss Tweed of New York City during the Gilded Age of American politics and the Industrial Revolution has become synonymous wit Continue Reading...
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics One of the most favorite and interesting political books of all time is "Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: A Series of Very Plain Talks on Very Practical Politics" by William Continue Reading...
California's Electoral System of Today -- No return to the New York Tammany! It would be tempting to view the defeat of the Tammany Hall Political Machine by the opponents of political corruption as the clear triumph of good over evil. But the victo Continue Reading...
Tammany Hall: Mirror of Human Greed We often hear the road to hell is paved with good intentions and we can certainly use the history of Tammany Hall as an example of how this occurs. Tammany Hall was born from good intentions for the residents of N Continue Reading...
Political Machines: Politics as a Tammany Vocation When Max Weber made a speech on politics as a vocation he defined the political machine as a creation of the modern, pluralistic democratic state. A political machine, unlike a purely charismatic in Continue Reading...
Section 4: Plunkitt's Patriotism It seems to me that the Plunkitt was the type of man whom Theodore Roosevelt was after with his big stick and gentler words. Plunkitt's gist from beginning to end centers on money and he addresses politics from tha Continue Reading...
