The multiracial promise : Harold Washington's Chicago and the democratic struggle in Reagan's America /

"Harold Washington was the first African American mayor of Chicago. Elected in 1983 by a multiracial coalition of voters, his victory was seen as a rebuke of the city's longstanding machine politics. Washington's Political Education Project, formed in 1984, helped organize this emergi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mantler, Gordon K. (Gordon Keith), 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Colección:Justice, power, and politics.
Temas:
Washington, Harold, > 1922-1987.
Since 1900
African American mayors > Illinois > Chicago.
Mayors > Illinois > Chicago.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
Race relations.
Politics and government.
Mayors.
African American mayors.
Chicago (Ill.) > Politics and government > 1951-
Chicago (Ill.) > Race relations.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
United States.
Illinois > Chicago.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. From Politics to Protest
  • 2. Shifting Alliances
  • 3. Winning by Losing?
  • 4. We Were Invisible
  • 5. The Grassroots Challenge
  • 6. Race and a New Democratic Coalition
  • 7. Fighting Wars of All Kinds
  • 8. Latinos and a Governing Majority
  • 9. The Fragility of Coalitions
  • Epilogue. Legacies and the New Machine.

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