The Mayors : the Chicago political tradition / edited by Paul M. Green and Melvin G. Holli.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Green, Paul Michael
Holli, Melvin G.
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2005], ©2005.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Mayors > Illinois > Chicago > Biography.
Chicago (Ill.) > Politics and government.
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:xiv, 343 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Joseph Medill : Chicago's first modern mayor / David L. Protess
  • Carter H. Harrison II : the politics of balance / Edward R. Kantowicz
  • Edward F. Dunne : the limits of municipal reform / John D. Buenker
  • Fred A. Busse : a silent mayor in turbulent times / Maureen A. Flanagan
  • Big Bill Thompson : the "model" politician / Douglas Bukowski
  • William E. Dever : a Chicago political fable / John R. Schmidt
  • Anton J. Cermak : the man and his machine / Paul M. Green
  • Edward J. Kelly : New Deal machine builder / Roger Biles
  • Martin H. Kennelly : the mugwump and the machine / Arnold R. Hirsch
  • Mayor Richard J. Daley and the politics of good government / Paul M. Green
  • Michael A. Bilandic : the last of the machine regulars / Paul M. Green
  • Jane M. Byrne : to think the unthinkable and do the undoable / Melvin G. Holli
  • Harold Washington : the enigma of the Black political tradition / William J. Grimshaw
  • The Sawyer saga : a journalist, who just happened to be the mayor's press secretary, speaks / Monroe Anderson
  • The Daley era : Richard J. to Richard M. / Melvin G. Holli
  • Ranking Chicago's mayors : mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the greatest of them all? An updated poll / Melvin G. Holli
  • Mayoring in Chicago, 1837-2004 : a stepping stone to higher office or a dead-end job? / Melvin G. Holli
  • Richard M. Daley and the politics of addition / Paul M. Green
  • Richard M. Daley's record. Surpassing the boss / Steve Neal ; Bungles and botches / Steve Rhodes
  • Putting Harold to rest / Laura S. Washington
  • The Chicago political tradition : a mayoral retrospective / Paul M. Green.