Big city boss in depression and war : Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago

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Big city boss in depression and war : Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago

Roger Biles

Northern Illinois University Press, 1984

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Revision of thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois

Bibliography: p. [195]-209

Includes index

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The first full-length biography of Edward J. Kelly tells the vivid story of the rough-hewn politician who became one of Chicago's most powerful mayors. With the help of Pat Nash, Mayor Kelly built the Democratic Machine of which Richard J. Daley was to be a chief beneficiary. An enterprising political strategist, Kelly amassed a concentration of political power by drawing traditionally Republican black voters into the Democratic fold, allying the Machine with New Deal policies, and tapping the resources of organized crime.

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Table of Contents Introduction 1 From Axman to City Hall 2 "Out of the Red, Into the Black" 3 Hegemony Denied 4 Kelly, Roosevelt, and the New Deal 5 "Big Red" in Bronzeville 6 An Imperfect World 7 War and Politics 8 End of an Era 9 "You've Gotta Be a Boss!" Notes Bibliography Index

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