Grafters and Goo Goos : corruption and reform in Chicago, 1833-2003
Examines the roles of politicians and reformers in Chicago against a backdrop of social history from 1833-2003
Print Book, English, ©2004
Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, ©2004
History
xix, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780809325719, 0809325713
52720998
Frontier, finances, and fire: 1833-71
Businessmen rebels: 1872-93
Progressives and muckrakers: 1894-1909
Progressive to Prohibitionist: 1910-20
"Big Bill" and bootleggers: 1921-33
Depression and war: 1934-45
Big nineteen, big nine: 1946-59
Daley and dissent: 1960-69
Scandals and stings: 1970-82
"Harold!"
and more scandals and stings: 1983-89
Daley and dissent redux: 1990-2003
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