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An important and provocative book that chronicles the history of black empowerment in the city of Chicago and the sumultaneous defeat of the last great urban political machine. The dramatic nature of events that culminated in Washington's victory are carefully unfolded by Kleppner so that this political history reads like an exciting novel.

* Political Science Quarterly *

A significant contribution to the study of the growth of black urban political power in recent decades.

* New York Times Book Review *

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
1. Politics Chicago Style: The Turning Point
2. Population Diversity and Political Change, 1870–1970
3. Racial Change and Group Conflict
4. Race, Ethnicity, and Electoral Politics: The Daley Years, 1955–1976
5. Race, Ethnicity, and Electoral Politics: From Bilandic to Byrne, 1976–1982
6. The Politics of Race: The Democratic Mayoral Primary, 1983
7. Race War Chicago Style: The Election of a Mayor, 1983
8. Beyond Chicago and April 1983
Notes
Index

Chicago Divided

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 1 April 1985
      ISBN-13 9780875801063
      978-0875801063
      ISBN-10 0875801064
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      Regional, state and other local government

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      An important and provocative book that chronicles the history of black empowerment in the city of Chicago and the sumultaneous defeat of the last great urban political machine. The dramatic nature of events that culminated in Washington's victory are carefully unfolded by Kleppner so that this political history reads like an exciting novel.

      * Political Science Quarterly *

      A significant contribution to the study of the growth of black urban political power in recent decades.

      * New York Times Book Review *

      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents
      1. Politics Chicago Style: The Turning Point
      2. Population Diversity and Political Change, 1870–1970
      3. Racial Change and Group Conflict
      4. Race, Ethnicity, and Electoral Politics: The Daley Years, 1955–1976
      5. Race, Ethnicity, and Electoral Politics: From Bilandic to Byrne, 1976–1982
      6. The Politics of Race: The Democratic Mayoral Primary, 1983
      7. Race War Chicago Style: The Election of a Mayor, 1983
      8. Beyond Chicago and April 1983
      Notes
      Index

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