Table of Contents
22 relations: Alderman, Bureaucrat, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Police Department, Civil rights movement, E. P. Dutton, Finley Peter Dunne, HuffPost, Kirkus Reviews, Mike Royko, Municipality, Non-fiction, Patronage, Political machine, Precinct captain, Publishers Weekly, Richard J. Daley, Richard M. Daley, Studs Terkel, The New York Times, The New York Times Best Seller list, 1968 Democratic National Convention.
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Alderman
An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder) and Belgium (schepen).
Bureaucrat
A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy and can compose the administration of any organization of any size, although the term usually connotes someone within an institution of government.
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Chicago Daily News
The Chicago Daily News was an afternoon daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, published between 1875 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Chicago Police Department
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the primary law enforcement agency of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, under the jurisdiction of the Chicago City Council.
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Civil rights movement
The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.
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E. P. Dutton
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Finley Peter Dunne
Finley Peter Dunne (born Peter Dunne; July 10, 1867 – April 24, 1936) was an American humorist, journalist and writer from Chicago.
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HuffPost
HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.
Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviews is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus.
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Mike Royko
Michael Royko Jr. (September 19, 1932 – April 29, 1997) was an American newspaper columnist from Chicago.
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Municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
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Non-fiction
Non-fiction (or nonfiction) is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to convey information only about the real world, rather than being grounded in imagination.
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Patronage
Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another.
Political machine
In the politics of representative democracies, a political machine is a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives (such as money or political jobs) and that is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity.
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Precinct captain
A precinct captain, also known as a precinct chairman, precinct delegate, precinct committee officer or precinct committeeman, is an elected official in the American political party system.
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Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly (PW) is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents.
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Richard J. Daley
Richard Joseph Daley (May 15, 1902 – December 20, 1976) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Chicago from 1955, and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party Central Committee from 1953, until his death.
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Richard M. Daley
Richard Michael Daley (born April 24, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 54th mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011.
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Studs Terkel
Louis "Studs" Terkel (May 16, 1912 – October 31, 2008) was an American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The New York Times Best Seller list
The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States.
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1968 Democratic National Convention
The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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See also
Books about American politicians
- Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show
- Bitten by the Tiger
- Blacklisted by History
- Boss (book)
- Bringing Down the Colonel
- Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
- Devil's Bargain
- Do Not Ask What Good We Do
- Fire and Fury
- Founding Brothers
- Front Row at the Trump Show
- Herding Cats: A Life in Politics
- Holding the Line
- I Alone Can Fix It
- Immortal Wife
- Impeachment: An American History
- Iowa Official Register
- JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956
- Know Your Power
- Landslide (Wolff book)
- List of American political memoirs
- Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President
- Midnight in Washington
- PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy
- Profiles in Courage
- Romney: A Reckoning
- Siege: Trump Under Fire
- The American Political Tradition
- The Atlantic Realists
- The Color of Truth
- The Cynic: The Political Education of Mitch McConnell
- The Politician (book)
- The Prince of Providence
- The Wild Blue
- Tired of Winning (book)
- U.S. representative bibliography (congressional memoirs)
- U.S. senator bibliography (congressional memoirs)
- Unfit for Command
References
Also known as Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago.