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"The book's strengths lie in the interviews Mantler conducted with activists from the era, his use of archival materials, and his focus on the period's street-level politics. He demonstrates how white supremacy, deindustrialization, and opposition from the business community blocked Washington's plans . . . . Recommended.""--CHOICE"

"Essential reading for anyone interested in Chicago history and politics. . . . Mantler's account offers sharp analysis of the problem of sustaining commitment, solidarity, and hope in the face of the constraints and compromises of policy making.""--Journal of American History This is a finely crafted and deeply sensitive book, which makes one of the most politically complex cities in North America legible, without over-simplifying its subjects or draining them of their humanity and particularity. It's evident, too, as it was in his first book, that Mantler cares profoundly about his subjects.""--Society for US Intellectual History The book's strengths lie in the interviews Mantler conducted with activists from the era, his use of archival materials, and his focus on the period's street-level politics. He demonstrates how white supremacy, deindustrialization, and opposition from the business community blocked Washington's plans . . . . Recommended.""--CHOICE"

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Gordon K. Mantler is associate professor of writing and history and executive director of the University Writing Program at George Washington University. He is author of Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition and the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960–1974.

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