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Boss Tweed's New York (New Dimensions in History: Historical Cities) by Seymour J. Mandelbaum with a new introduction by the author is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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At the height of his power in New York City, around 1870, William Marcy (Boss) Tweed's hands were everywhere in city government and party politics. His success in looting the city treasury and using the payoff to achieve his objectives earned him a reputation as the classic example of the corrupt municipal boss. Mr. Mandelbaum sees Tweed's New York as a metropolis in the making, still evolving from a loose connection of villages. Political organization was incoherently decentralized; the decision-making process was rudimentary and dispersed. Public sanitation, housing, transportation, welfare, and control of crime were deplorable. <p> Amidst this turbulence Boss Tweed was, according to Mr. Mandelbaum, the right man at the right time--"a master communicator" who "united the elements in a divided society." The author argues that communications plays a crucial role in democratic decision-making, and that Tweed's New York suffered hopelessly inadequate communications. They could not cope with the complexity of the city's problems. Difficult issues took on a forced simplicity, and political decisions were thrown into the marketplace. Mr. Mandelbaum's analysis of the historical situation

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Author

Seymour J. Mandelbaum with a new introduction by the author

Publisher

Ivan R. Dee Publisher

Published

1990

Language

EN

ISBN

9780929587202

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, History, Humanities

Rating

3.22 / 5 (18 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14