Fire on the Prairie : Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency.

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Harold Washington's historic and improbable victory over the vaunted Chicago political machine shook up American politics. The election of the enigmatic yet engaging Washington led to his serving five tumultuous years as the city's first black mayor. He fashioned an uneasy but potent multi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rivlin, Gary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia PA : Temple University Press, 2012.
Colección:Urban life, landscape, and policy.
Temas:
Washington, Harold, > 1922-1987.
Obama, Barack > Political and social views.
Obama, Barack
Washington, Harold, > 1922-1987
1900-1999
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Political and social views
Race relations
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Illinois > Chicago
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword to the Revised Edition
  • Clarence Page; Introduction to the Revised Edition. Forging Barack Obama: Harold Washington, Chicago, and the Politics of Race
  • Larry Bennett; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Book I. A Racial Thing, 1983; 1. A Cry in the Wind; 2. The Conspirators; 3. The Chosen; 4. The Catalyst; 5. The Jesse Jackson Factor; 6. The Family Business; 7. The Liberal Apology; 8. A Tower of Babble; 9. A Racial Thing; 10. Positively Antebellum; 11. A City Divided; Photographs; Book II. Council Wars, 1983-1986; 12. The Biggest Bully in the Bar; 13. Balancing Acts
  • 14. Beirut on the Lake15. Black Reform, White Reform; 16. The Chicago Experiment; 17. A Midterm Blunder; 18. The Continuing Saga of Clarence McClain; Book III. Something Less Than Hate, 1986-1987; 19. The Reckoning; 20. Any White Will Do; 21. Thy Kingdom at Hand; 22. The Empire Strikes Back; Note on Sources; Index

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