Jeffrey D. Broxmeyer teaches political science at the University of Toledo.

• IntroductionThe Tammany Bank Run of 1871Chapter 1. Tammany Hall's Lost Financial SectorDawn of the Conkling MachineChapter 2. Republican Party BusinessCan't You Help Me in Gettin the Vacant Place for MeChapter 3. Partisan Poor ReliefThe Henry George Boom FadesChapter 4. Anti-Monopoly in the Age of Party ConsolidationConclusionNotesIndexAcknowledgments

"Jeffrey D. Broxmeyer has made an important original contribution to our understanding of Gilded Age America… [Electoral Capitalism's] originality and forceful larger argument—that the history of democracy in America and the history of American capitalism cannot be fully understood without grasping the fusion of both within electoral politics—make it required reading for historians of politics. The Gilded Age will never look quite the same." (Journal of American History) "Overall, Electoral Capitalism gives a painstakingly researched view of New York City's early machine politics.That view includes an extensive analysis of the lesser understood Republican organization, its ties to the national-level party system, and how its interaction with Tammany shaped both parties' strategies and agendas. The book also skillfully sets the stage for a nuanced understanding of the Progressive Era." (Perspectives on Politics) "It is heartening to welcome new work that takes Gilded Age American politics seriously. Progressive-Era political scientists and historians wrote the first draft of the history of the period's politics...Electoral Capitalism will provide historians and political scientists the erudition and inspiration to re-think the re-organization of party politics after the Civil War." - Paula Baker (Journal of Interdisciplinary History) "Broxmeyer's book provides a useful analytical framework that scholars can apply to interpreting corruption in our own era." (New York History) "Jeffrey D. Broxmeyer makes a timely and important contribution to our understanding of electoral systems. In his bold and illuminating study, he challenges historical and empirical accounts of the electoral system through a meticulously researched analysis of politics in Gilded Age New York." (Jeffrey Selinger, Bowdoin College)

Jeffrey D. Broxmeyer teaches political science at the University of Toledo.

• IntroductionThe Tammany Bank Run of 1871Chapter 1. Tammany Hall's Lost Financial SectorDawn of the Conkling MachineChapter 2. Republican Party BusinessCan't You Help Me in Gettin the Vacant Place for MeChapter 3. Partisan Poor ReliefThe Henry George Boom FadesChapter 4. Anti-Monopoly in the Age of Party ConsolidationConclusionNotesIndexAcknowledgments

"Jeffrey D. Broxmeyer has made an important original contribution to our understanding of Gilded Age America… [Electoral Capitalism's] originality and forceful larger argument—that the history of democracy in America and the history of American capitalism cannot be fully understood without grasping the fusion of both within electoral politics—make it required reading for historians of politics. The Gilded Age will never look quite the same." (Journal of American History) "Overall, Electoral Capitalism gives a painstakingly researched view of New York City's early machine politics.That view includes an extensive analysis of the lesser understood Republican organization, its ties to the national-level party system, and how its interaction with Tammany shaped both parties' strategies and agendas. The book also skillfully sets the stage for a nuanced understanding of the Progressive Era." (Perspectives on Politics) "It is heartening to welcome new work that takes Gilded Age American politics seriously. Progressive-Era political scientists and historians wrote the first draft of the history of the period's politics...Electoral Capitalism will provide historians and political scientists the erudition and inspiration to re-think the re-organization of party politics after the Civil War." - Paula Baker (Journal of Interdisciplinary History) "Broxmeyer's book provides a useful analytical framework that scholars can apply to interpreting corruption in our own era." (New York History) "Jeffrey D. Broxmeyer makes a timely and important contribution to our understanding of electoral systems. In his bold and illuminating study, he challenges historical and empirical accounts of the electoral system through a meticulously researched analysis of politics in Gilded Age New York." (Jeffrey Selinger, Bowdoin College)

Jeffrey D. Broxmeyer teaches political science at the University of Toledo.

• IntroductionThe Tammany Bank Run of 1871Chapter 1. Tammany Hall's Lost Financial SectorDawn of the Conkling MachineChapter 2. Republican Party BusinessCan't You Help Me in Gettin the Vacant Place for MeChapter 3. Partisan Poor ReliefThe Henry George Boom FadesChapter 4. Anti-Monopoly in the Age of Party ConsolidationConclusionNotesIndexAcknowledgments

"Jeffrey D. Broxmeyer has made an important original contribution to our understanding of Gilded Age America… [Electoral Capitalism's] originality and forceful larger argument—that the history of democracy in America and the history of American capitalism cannot be fully understood without grasping the fusion of both within electoral politics—make it required reading for historians of politics. The Gilded Age will never look quite the same." (Journal of American History) "Overall, Electoral Capitalism gives a painstakingly researched view of New York City's early machine politics.That view includes an extensive analysis of the lesser understood Republican organization, its ties to the national-level party system, and how its interaction with Tammany shaped both parties' strategies and agendas. The book also skillfully sets the stage for a nuanced understanding of the Progressive Era." (Perspectives on Politics) "It is heartening to welcome new work that takes Gilded Age American politics seriously. Progressive-Era political scientists and historians wrote the first draft of the history of the period's politics...Electoral Capitalism will provide historians and political scientists the erudition and inspiration to re-think the re-organization of party politics after the Civil War." - Paula Baker (Journal of Interdisciplinary History) "Broxmeyer's book provides a useful analytical framework that scholars can apply to interpreting corruption in our own era." (New York History) "Jeffrey D. Broxmeyer makes a timely and important contribution to our understanding of electoral systems. In his bold and illuminating study, he challenges historical and empirical accounts of the electoral system through a meticulously researched analysis of politics in Gilded Age New York." (Jeffrey Selinger, Bowdoin College)