First Son - The Biography of Richard M. Daley

Informationen zum Autor Keith Koeneman is a third-generation Chicagoan. He holds advanced degrees from Harvard University, the University of Chicago, and Northwestern University and writes on Chicago politics, history, and culture for the Huffington Post . Klappentext After 22 years! Richard M. Daley! the longest-serving and most powerful mayor in the history of Chicago--and! arguably! America--stepped down! leaving behind a city that was utterly transformed! and a complicated legacy that is only now being evaluated. Zusammenfassung After twenty-two years! the longest-serving and most powerful mayor in the history of Chicago stepped down! leaving behind a city that was utterly transformed! and a complicated legacy we are only beginning to evaluate. The author chronicles the sometimes Shakespearean! sometimes Machiavellian life of an American political legend.

Product details

• Authors: Keith Koeneman, Koeneman Keith
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2013
• EAN: 9780226449470
• ISBN: 978-0-226-44947-0
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Illinois, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Biography: historical, political and military, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)