Richard J. Daley : politics, race, and the governing of Chicago

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Richard J. Daley : politics, race, and the governing of Chicago

Roger Biles

Northern Illinois University Press, 1995

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-283) and index

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From his first election in 1955 to 1976, Mayor Richard J. Daley dominated Chicago's political landscape. A product of the Irish Catholic working class, Daley never lost touch with his roots as he rose through the Democratic Party machine-whose workings he perfected-to become a powerful and enduring political figure. The story of Daley is also the story of Chicago. Faced with issues confronting many American cities in the twentieth century-civil rights, integration, race riots, fiscal crisis, housing, suburban flight, urban renewal-Daley conducted Chicago's business with a steadfast resolve to withstand the many changes that threatened to engulf his city. Richard J. Daley portrays one of the most prominent American mayors in a balanced perspective and sheds new light on his place in urban history.

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Table of Contents Introduction: Chicago, 1945-1955 1 The Road to City Hall 2 The New Mayor 3 Mounting Problems 4 The Challenge to Plantation Politics 5 Pressure from External Sources 6 Confrontation with King 7 The Law and Order Mayor 8 Daley on Trial 9 Awash in a Sea of Scandal 10 The City That Works 11 The Battle for Chicago Notes Bibliographical Essay Index

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