Carrozza Anthony R. Dukes of Duval County: The Parr Family and Texas Politics 9780806157719

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Автор: Carrozza Anthony R.
Название: Dukes of Duval County: The Parr Family and Texas Politics
ISBN: 9780806157719
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Биографии: общее жизнеописание

История Америк

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

Социальная история и история культуры

Археология

Политология и политическая философия

Региональные администрации

Краеведение

ISBN-10: 0806157712
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 440
Вес: 0.75 кг.
Дата издания: 02.11.2017
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 22 black & white illustrations
Размер: 229 x 152 x 33
Подзаголовок: The parr family and texas politics
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: The notorious Parr family manipulated local politics in South Texas for decades. Archie Parr, his son George, and his grandson Archer relied on violence and corruption to deliver the votes that propelled their chosen candidates to office. The influence of the Parr political machine peaked during the 1948 senatorial primary, when election officials found the infamous Ballot Box 13 six days after the polls closed. That box provided a slim eighty-seven-vote lead to Lyndon B. Johnson, initiating the national political career of the future U.S. president.Dukes of Duval County begins with Archie Parrs organization of the Mexican American electorate into a potent voting bloc, which marked the beginning of his three-decade campaign for control of every political office in Duval County and the surrounding area. Archies son George, who expanded the Parrs dominion to include jobs, welfare payments, and public works, became a county judge thanks to his fathers influence - but when George was arrested and imprisoned for accepting payoffs, only a presidential pardon advocated by then-congressman Lyndon Johnson allowed George to take office once more. Further legal misadventures haunted George and his successor, Archer, but in the end it took the combined force of local, state, and federal governments and the courageous efforts of private citizens to overthrow the Parr family. In this first comprehensive study of the Parr familys political activities, Anthony R. Carrozza reveals the innermost workings of the Parr dynasty, a political machine that drove South Texas politics for more than seventy years and critically influenced the course of the nation.
Дополнительное описание: Constitution: government and the state|History of the Americas|General and world history

Dukes of Duval County: The Parr Family and Texas Politics, Carrozza Anthony R.