To be Mayor of New York Ethnic Politics in the City

By Chris McNickle

Format:Softcover

From the heyday of Tammany Hall - to the election of David Dinkins, To Be Mayor of New York is an engrossing and thoroughly researched narrative that captures New York City politics in all its complexity and points out the ways ethnic competition affects the selection of New York's mayor. Beginning with a colorful account of late nineteenth century Tammany Hall - New York's Democratic Party organization - McNickle assesses the response of the Irish-dominated political.

History, Humanities & Society
403 pages • Softcover
First published 1993

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