Causes
and Conflicts: The Centennial History of the Association of the
Bar of the City of New York 1870-1970
(NY: Fordham University Press, 2nd Ed., 1997)
ISBN 0-0232-1735-3
More interesting than the title suggests, for the Association was
founded to fight corruption (to put Boss Tweed in jail), and though
the fight usually is lost, the ensuing, continued corruption makes
good reading.
“Martin rightly sees the history of the “City Bar”
as a long struggle to bring the influence of lawyers at their best
to bear on civic issues. It is a fascinating book, not for lawyers
alone but for anyone with a taste for social history. In telling
the story of one professional group over the last 100 years in close
detail, Mr. Martin throws considerable light on that group’s
immediate setting – New York City – and on changing
social and political attitudes in the United States… It is
such glimpses of great men in the law, and of social attitudes,
that give this book its high interest.” Anthony Lewis, American
Bar Association Journal.
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C. Burlingham, His Life and Century
1858-1959 New York's First Citizen
Details regarding this book can be found in Biographies.
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