Big Bill Thompson, Chicago, and the politics of image / Douglas Bukowski.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bukowski, Douglas, 1952-
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1998], ©1998.
Subjects:
Thompson, William Hale, > 1869-1944.
Mayors > Illinois > Chicago > Biography.
Chicago (Ill.) > Politics and government > To 1950.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:273 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Cowboy to commodore
  • Reform images
  • The apparent war critic
  • More images : race, place, and politics
  • New appeals, temporary retreat
  • Reform comes to town
  • A machine without Democrats, a demagogue before Long
  • Victors' history : Capone, Thompson, Depression
  • Changing roles.