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Crucibles of black empowerment : Chicago's neighborhood politics from the New Deal to Harold Washington /
In 1983, black Chicagoans elected Harold Washington as the city's first black mayor. In the process, they overthrew the white Democratic machine and its regime of 'plantation politics'. This book details the long-term development of black Chicago's political culture, beginning in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Historical studies of urban America ;
109. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 1983, black Chicagoans elected Harold Washington as the city's first black mayor. In the process, they overthrew the white Democratic machine and its regime of 'plantation politics'. This book details the long-term development of black Chicago's political culture, beginning in the 1930s, that both made a political insurrection possible in the right context, and informed Mayor Washington's liberal, interracial, democratic vision of urban governance. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 378 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226130729 022613072X |