Clavel, Pierre.

Activists in City Hall the progressive response to the Reagan era in Boston and Chicago / Pierre Clavel. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (xx, 232 pages) : illustrations. - Cornell paperbacks .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The progressive city : concept and context -- What the progressive city was -- The movement becomes politics in Boston -- Flynn's City Hall and the neighborhoods -- Neighborhood background and the campaign in Chicago -- Washington in City Hall -- Later developments in Chicago -- Race, class, and the administrative struggle.



9780801460111


Flynn, Raymond L.
Washington, Harold, 1922-1987.


Community activists--Massachusetts--Boston.
Community activists--Illinois--Chicago.
Urban policy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Urban policy--Illinois--Chicago.
Progressivism (United States politics)


Electronic Books.

JS614 / .A285 2010