Grafters and Goo Goos : corruption and reform in Chicago, 1833-2003 /

"Grafters and Goo Goos: Corruption and Reform in Chicago, 1833-2003 unfolds the city's notorious history of corruption and the counterveiling reform struggles that largely failed to clean it up. More than a regional history of crime in politics, this wide-ranging account of governmental ma...

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Main Author: Merriner, James L., 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2004.
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260 |a Carbondale :  |b Southern Illinois University Press,  |c c2004. 
300 |a xix, 302 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-294) and index. 
505 0 |a 1. Frontier, Finances, and Fire: 1833-71 -- 2. Businessmen Rebels: 1872-93 -- 3. Progressives and Muckrackers: 1894-1909 -- 4. Progressive to Prohibitionist: 1910-20 -- 5. "Big Bill" and Bootleggers: 1921-33 -- 6. Depression and War: 1934-45 -- 7. Big Nineteen, Big Nine: 1946-59 -- 8. Daley and Dissent: 1960-69 -- 9. Scandals and Stings: 1970-82 -- 10. "Harold!" and More Scandals and Stings: 1983-89 -- 11. Daley and Dissent Redux: 1990-2003 -- Chicago Political Glossary. 
520 1 |a "Grafters and Goo Goos: Corruption and Reform in Chicago, 1833-2003 unfolds the city's notorious history of corruption and the counterveiling reform struggles that largely failed to clean it up. More than a regional history of crime in politics, this wide-ranging account of governmental malfeasances traces ongoing public corruption and reform to its ninteenth-century democratic roots. Former Chicago journalist James L. Merriner reveals the battles between corrupt politicos and ardent reformers to be expressions of conflicting class, ethnic, and religious values."--BOOK JACKET. 
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