Richard J. Daley by Roger Biles PAPERBACK 9780875805665

Richard J. Daley\nby Roger Biles\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Roger Biles\nTitle: Richard J. Daley\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Biography: historical, political and military\nPublisher: Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 1995\nISBN-13: 9780875805665\nISBN-10: 0875805663\nRRP: \u00A320.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nFrom his first election in 1955 to 1976, Mayor Richard J. Daley dominated Chicago''s political landscape. A product of the Irish Catholic working class, Daley never lost touch with his roots as he rose through the Democratic Party machine\u2014whose workings he perfected\u2014to become a powerful and enduring political figure. \nThe story of Daley is also the story of Chicago. Faced with issues confronting many American cities in the twenti.