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“An important, underemphasized history of persistent attempted settlement by Black migrants from the U.S. South to the rural and small city Midwest. The author mounts a challenge to received wisdom and even the received archive that combines the meticulous use of traditional sources with innovative research strategies. The result is a fascinating account of how terror and exclusion were cleansed from historical memory.”--David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the Right

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Acknowledgments

Introduction--Chicago’s Turbulent Political History Betty O’Shaughnessy

  1. 1983-1987: Harold Washington--Cultural Transformation of City Government in Chicago and A Sense of Possibility Xolela Mangcu and Gregory D. Squires
  2. 1987-1989: The Sawyer Interregnum Monroe Anderson
  3. 1989-2011: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Spectacle Costas Spirou and Dennis R. Judd
  4. 2011-2019: Rahm Emanuel--Chicago in Change and Crisis Kari Lydersen and Daniel Bliss
  5. 2019-present: Lori Lightfoot’s Two Coalitions Marco Rosaire Rossi and Dick Simpson
Conclusion: Modern Mayors of Chicago Dick Simpson

Epilogue: History Continues Dick Simpson

Appendix A: Historical List of Chicago Mayors

Appendix B: Corruption

Contemporary Chicago Bibliography Clinton Stockwell

Contributors

Index

Chicagos Modern Mayors From Harold Washington to

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      Publisher University of Illinois Press
      Published 13 February 2024
      ISBN-13 9780252087714
      978-0252087714
      ISBN-10 0252087712
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      “An important, underemphasized history of persistent attempted settlement by Black migrants from the U.S. South to the rural and small city Midwest. The author mounts a challenge to received wisdom and even the received archive that combines the meticulous use of traditional sources with innovative research strategies. The result is a fascinating account of how terror and exclusion were cleansed from historical memory.”--David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the Right

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments

      Introduction--Chicago’s Turbulent Political History Betty O’Shaughnessy

      1. 1983-1987: Harold Washington--Cultural Transformation of City Government in Chicago and A Sense of Possibility Xolela Mangcu and Gregory D. Squires
      2. 1987-1989: The Sawyer Interregnum Monroe Anderson
      3. 1989-2011: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Spectacle Costas Spirou and Dennis R. Judd
      4. 2011-2019: Rahm Emanuel--Chicago in Change and Crisis Kari Lydersen and Daniel Bliss
      5. 2019-present: Lori Lightfoot’s Two Coalitions Marco Rosaire Rossi and Dick Simpson
      Conclusion: Modern Mayors of Chicago Dick Simpson

      Epilogue: History Continues Dick Simpson

      Appendix A: Historical List of Chicago Mayors

      Appendix B: Corruption

      Contemporary Chicago Bibliography Clinton Stockwell

      Contributors

      Index

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