A. Mitchell Palmer: Politician / Stanley Coben.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coben, Stanley, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1963]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A biographical look at A. Mitchell Palmer, an infamous character in American politics during the 20th century and attorney general under Wilson. Palmer's career takes an unexplainable turn from his early progressive acts like ending child labor; to later becoming a leader of the nativists and deporting hundreds of innocent immigrants.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

I. A Pennsylvania Poor Boy's Progress

II. The Workingman's Friend

III. The Practical Reformer

IV. Making Wilson President

V. The Congress of Achievement

VI. The "Siege of Penrose"

VII. A Politician Out of Office

VIII. Alien Property Custodian

IX. The High Cost of Living

X. Between Capital and Labor

XI. The Red Scare

XII. The Palmer Raids

XIII. The Campaign for the Presidency and Afterward

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231877404

0231877404

OCLC:

1100430050