Summary:

To many reformers of the early twentieth century, "Tammany Hall" came
to symbolize all that was baleful and corrupt in American politics. A
Response to Progressivism vigorously challenges this view as it
applies to "Boss" Charlie Murphy's own "czardom," the city, and, for
a time, the state of New York. More than that, the study offers an
analysis of the New York Democratic party against a background of
profound economic and social change and a truly complex political
environment—a political culture, broadly speaking—that embraced a
competitive two-party system; a polity divided along sectional and
ethnocultural lines; and a fickle, skeptical electorate. Key figures
such as Murphy and his youthful lieutenants, Alfred E. Smith and
Robert F. Wagner, often battled fellow Democrats Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Thomas Mott Osborne as much as the Republicans,
Theodore Roosevelt's Progressives, and the emergent Socialist party
in their continuing efforts to accommodate the currents of reform
then sweeping across the state. The author concludes the book with
the election of Al Smith as governor in 1918, a momentous event not
only in the transformation of the Democratic party in New York as the
main vehicle for political, economic, and social change, but also in
the development of modern American liberalism itself. Besides
reassessing the role of "bossism" and the political machine in the
early twentieth century, A Response to Progressivism also documents
the political history of the era. It will therefore have substantial
appeal not only to historians of New York but also to political
historians, political scientists, and to readers interested in the
history of reform.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 324.27470609 -- The political process

Book Details:

Physical Description: 6.0"x9.0"x1.0"; 0.9 lb; 342 pages
Edition Info: Paperback; 1991-07-01

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