Mr. Democrat [electronic resource] : Jim Farley, the New Deal, and the making of modern American politics / Daniel Scroop.
Publication details: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2006.Description: x, 275 p., [8] p. of plates : illISBN:- 0472069306 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0472099302 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780472069309
- 9780472099306
- Mister Democrat
- Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Friends and associates
- Democratic Party (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century
- Legislators -- New York (State) -- Biography
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- Politicians -- United States -- Biography
- Politics, Practical -- United States
- Postmasters general -- United States -- Biography
- New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
- 973.917/092 B 22
- E748.F24 S38 2006eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-264) and index.
"The art of practical politics in local affairs" -- Reawakening the "Rip Van Winkle upstate democracy" -- A traveling elk -- A regular guy -- The death of the broker? -- "As Maine goes--" -- Drifting apart -- The breaking point -- The politics of revenge? -- Mr. Democrat.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.