Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency

Author:   Gary Rivlin
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
ISBN:  

9781439904916


Pages:   290
Publication Date:   26 October 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency


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A revised edition of the classic story of race and power, set in Chicago during the 1980s, when this most political of cities elected its first black mayor

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Author:   Gary Rivlin
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781439904916


ISBN 10:   143990491
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   26 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Praise for the First Edition: Colorfully, intimately, Fire on the Prairie shames and instructs as it entertains ...a civic conversation about race and power. The Washington Post Book World


"Praise for the First Edition: ""Colorfully, intimately, Fire on the Prairie shames and instructs as it entertains ...a civic conversation about race and power."" The Washington Post Book World"


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Gary Rivlin is the author of five books, including Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. – How the Working Poor Became Big Business, and a former staff reporter for the New York Times, where his beats included Silicon Valley and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.  His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Wired, and Fortune, among other publications, and also the Chicago Reader, where he worked as a staff writer during the Harold Washington years.  

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