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Boardwalk Empire

By Nelson Johnson

Boardwalk Empire Social Sciences

Boardwalk Empire

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Through most of the 20th century Atlantic City New Jersey was controlled by a powerful partnership of local politicians and racketeers. Funded by payoffs from gambling rooms bars and brothels this corrupt alliance reached full bloom during the reign of Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson - the second of the three bosses to head the Republican machine that dominated city politics and society.
In Boardwalk Empire Nucky Johnson Louis 'the Commodore' Kuehnle Frank 'Hap' Farley and Atlantic City itself spring to life in all their garish splendour. Author Nelson Johnson traces 'AC' from its birth as a quiet seaside health resort through the corruption notorious backroom politics and power struggles to the city's rebirth as an international entertainment and gambling mecca where anything goes.
Boardwalk Empire is the true story that inspired the epic HBO series starring Steve Buscemi Michael Pitt and Kelly Macdonald.
'As good if not better than the television series' Independent
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2011-11-03
Publication Date:
2011-11-03
Publisher:
Ebury Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0091941253
ISBN13:
9780091941253
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
392 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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