Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy)
Gary Rivlin
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Description for Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy)
paperback. 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 Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 431.
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
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
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Series
Urban Life, Landscape and Policy
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781439904923
SKU
V9781439904923
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99-20
About Gary Rivlin
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, ... Read more
Reviews for Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy)
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