Activists in City Hall : : The Progressive Response to the Reagan Era in Boston and Chicago / / Pierre Clavel.
In 1983, Boston and Chicago elected progressive mayors with deep roots among community activists. Taking office as the Reagan administration was withdrawing federal aid from local governments, Boston's Raymond Flynn and Chicago's Harold Washington implemented major policies that would outl...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 2 figures, 5 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Acronyms
- 1. The Progressive City: Concept and Context
- 2. What the Progressive City Was
- 3. The Movement Becomes Politics in Boston
- 4. Flynn’s City Hall and the Neighborhoods
- 5. Neighborhood Background and the Campaign in Chicago
- 6. Washington in City Hall
- 7. Later Developments in Chicago
- 8. Race, Class, and the Administrative Struggle
- Notes
- Index