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The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition

by Paul M. Green, Melvin G. Holli. 310 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Paul M. Green, Melvin G. Holli

Publisher:

   Southern Illinois University Press

Place of Publication:

  Carbondale, IL  

Publication Year:

  1995
Subjects:   Mayors--Illinois--Chicago--Biography, Chicago (Ill.)--Politics And Government
Table of contents
CONTENTS
Plates vii
Preface ix
1. Joseph Medill: Chicago's First Modern Mayor David L. Protess 1
2. Carter H. Harrison II: The Politics of Balance Edward R. Kantowicz 16
3. Edward F. Dunne: The Limits of Municipal Reform John D. Buenker 33
4. Fred A. Busse: A Silent Mayor in Turbulent Times Maureen A. Flanagan 50
5. Big Bill Thompson: The "Model" Politician Douglas Bukowski 61
6. William E. Dever: A Chicago Political Fable John R. Schmidt 82
7. Anton J. Cermak: The Man and His Machine Paul M. Green 99
8. Edward J. Kelly: New Deal Machine Builder Roger Biles 111
9. Martin H. Kennelly: The Mugwump and the Machine Arnold R. Hirsch 126
10. Mayor Richard J. Daley and the Politics of Good Government Paul M. Green 144
11. Michael A. Bilandic: The Last of the Machine Regulars Paul M. Green 160
12. Jane M. Byrne: To Think the Unthinkable and Do the Undoable Melvin G. Holli 168
13. Harold Washington: The Enigma of the Black Political Tradition William J. Grimshaw 179
14. The Sawyer Sap: A Journalist, Who Just Happened to Be the Mayor's Press Secretary, Speaks Monroe Anderson 198
15. The Daley Era: Richard J. to Richard M. Melvin G. Holli 217
16. Ranking Chicago's Mayors: Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Who Is the Greatest of Them All? Melvin G. Holli 233
17. Mayoring in Chicago, 1837-1987: A Stepping Stone to Higher Office or a Dead-End Job? Melvin G. Holli 243
18. The Chicago Political Tradition: A Mayoral Retrospective Paul M. Green 256
Afterword to the Revised Edition Paul M. Green 259
Appendix: Chicago Mayors 265
Notes 267
Contributors 303
Index 305
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