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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"political boss"”.
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Repertoires of development in economic divergence on the U.S. - Mexico border
… demographics and industrial base overturned the political boss structure that was common throughout South Texas. Insurgents in McAllen were left to their own devices and defeated their local boss after twenty years of struggle, in the process instituting a new local repertoire based on the …
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Between North and South: the politics of race in Jim Crow Memphis
… one of the most corrupt and racially oppressive political machines in American history, headed by notorious political boss E.H. Crump. What makes this story unusual however is that the machine was kept in power not only through the typical tactics of political patronage, the spoils system, …
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Alderman Jim Pendergast
… reigned supreme in the First Ward. His political power, however, transcended the boundaries of the First Ward which he represented in the city council. Alderman Jim's popularity and political adeptness helped him extend his political machine from its base in the West Bottoms, into the …
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Mexican Americans Fared Well Under Parr’s Duval County Machine
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