Roger Biles

Big City Boss in Depression and War

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Produktbeschreibung

The first full-length biography of Edward J. Kelly tells the vivid story of the rough-hewn politician who became one of Chicago's most powerful mayors. With the help of Pat Nash, Mayor Kelly built the Democratic Machine of which Richard J. Daley was to be a chief beneficiary. An enterprising political strategist, Kelly amassed a concentration of political power by drawing traditionally Republican black voters into the Democratic fold, allying the Machine with New Deal policies, and tapping the resources of organized crime.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780875800981
• ISBN-10: 087580098X
• Artikelnr.: 33269446

Autorenporträt

Roger Biles

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction
1 From Axman to City Hall
2 "Out of the Red, Into the Black"
3 Hegemony Denied
4 Kelly, Roosevelt, and the New Deal
5 "Big Red" in Bronzeville
6 An Imperfect World
7 War and Politics
8 End of an Era
9 "You've Gotta Be a Boss!"
Notes
Bibliography
Index