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Author:

Bukowski, Douglas, 1952-

Title:

Big Bill Thompson, Chicago, and the politics of image / Douglas Bukowski.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

273 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Thompson, William Hale,--1869-1944.
Mayors--Chicago--Chicago--Biography.
Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--To 1950.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Cowboy to commodore -- Reform images -- The apparent war critic -- More images : race, place, and politics -- New appeals, temporary retreat -- Reform comes to town -- A machine without Democrats, a demagogue before Long -- Victors' history : Capone, Thompson, Depression -- Changing roles.

ISBN:

9780252023651 (acid-free paper)
025202365X (acid-free paper)
9780252066689 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0252066685 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)36649403

LCCN:

97004803

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)