Roger C. Sullivan and the Making of the Chicago Democratic Machine, 1881-1908 (e-bog) af Richard Allen Morton, Morton

Roger C. Sullivan and the Making of the Chicago Democratic Machine, 1881-1908 e-bog

200,69 DKK (inkl. moms 250,86 DKK)
Dominating the Windy City for decades, the Chicago Democratic Machine has become a fixture in American political history. Under Mayor Richard J. Daley, it acquired almost mythical (perhaps notorious) status. Yet its origins have remained murky--some say is began as a shady enterprise during the ethnic upheaval of the late 1920s. Based upon new research, this book offers a fresh perspective...
E-bog 200,69 DKK
Forfattere Richard Allen Morton, Morton (forfatter)
Forlag McFarland
Udgivet 12 juli 2016
Længde 220 sider
Genrer Politics and government
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781476623788
Dominating the Windy City for decades, the Chicago Democratic Machine has become a fixture in American political history. Under Mayor Richard J. Daley, it acquired almost mythical (perhaps notorious) status. Yet its origins have remained murky--some say is began as a shady enterprise during the ethnic upheaval of the late 1920s. Based upon new research, this book offers a fresh perspective. Formed through factional warfare and consolidated with methods borrowed from the business world, the Machine grew out of the unfettered capitalism of the late 19th century. Its principal founder and first "e;boss,"e; Roger C. Sullivan, represented a generation of businessmen-politicians who emerged in the 1880s. Sullivan and his allies created an informal public power structure that, while serving their own interests, also made government more functional. The Machine is a product of America's Gilded Age and the Progressive Era and offers a lesson in the advantages and limitations of representative government.