Richard J. Daley: Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago

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.

• Author
• Roger Biles

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 302

• Publisher
• Northern Illinois University Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780875805665

• Characters
• Richard J. Daley

• Genres
• history, politics

• Release date
• 1995