Latinos in Chicago : quest for a political voice / Wilfredo Cruz.

"Social history of the struggles, frustrations, and eventual triumph of Latinos to achieve political power in Chicago"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cruz, Wilfredo, 1954- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Hispanic Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Politics and government.
Hispanic Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions.
Chicago (Ill.) > Politics and government > 1951-
Hispanic Americans > Politics and government.
Hispanic Americans > Social conditions.
Politics and government.
Illinois > Chicago.
Since 1951
Instructional and educational works.
Genre:
Instructional and educational works.
Physical Description:ix, 170 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Boss Richard J. Daley and machine politics
  • Michael A. Bilandic and Jane M. Byrne
  • Same old thing?
  • Harold Washington and reform
  • Eugene Sawyer and Richard M. Daley
  • A new day?
  • Fall from grace
  • Progressives, socialists, and machine politics.