The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition, fourth edition

Contents

CONTENTS List of Plates lX Preface to the Fourth Edition xi Preface to the First Edition Xlll 1. Joseph Medill: Chicago's First Modern Mayor 1 David L. Protess 2. Carter H. Harrison II: The Politics of Balance 16 Edward R. Kantowicz 3. Edward F. Dunne: The Limits of Municipal Reform 33 John D. Buenker 4. Fred A. Busse: A Silent Mayor in Turbulent Times 50 Maureen A. Flanagan 5. Big Bill Thompson: The "Model" Politician 61 Douglas Bukowski 6. William E. Dever: A Chicago Political Fable 82 John R. Schmidt 7. Anton J. Cermak: The Man and His Machine 99 Paul M. Green 8. Edward J. Kelly: New Deal Machine Builder 111 Roger Biles 9. Martin H. Kennelly: The Mugwump and the Machine 126 Arnold R. Hirsch vzz CONTENTS 10. Mayor Richard J. Daley and the Politics of Good Government 144 Paul M. Green 11. Michael A. Bilandic: The Last of the Machine Regulars 160 Paul M. Green 12. Jane M. Byrne: To Think the Unthinkable and Do the Undoable 168 Melvin G. Rolli 13. Harold Washington: The Enigma of the Black Political Tradition 179 William J Grimshaw 14. Putting Harold to Rest 198 Laura S. Washington 15. The Sawyer Saga: A Journalist, Who Just Happened to Be the Mayor's Press Secretary, Speaks 203 Monroe Anderson 16. Richard M. Daley and the Politics of Addition 222 Paul M. Green 17. Rahm Emanuel: Beginning a New Mayoral Era in Chicago 238 Paul M. Green Urbs in Debitum Laurence Msall 18. Ranking Chicago's Mayors: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Is the Greatest ofThem All?-An Updated Poll Melvin G. Rolli 19. The Chicago Political Tradition: A Mayoral Retrospective Paul M. Green Appendix: Chicago Mayors Notes Contributors Index vzn 263 274 281 283 319 321 ...