Roger C. Sullivan and the Making of the Chicago Democratic Machine, 1881-1908

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book Roger C. Sullivan and the Making of the Chicago Democratic Machine, 1881-1908 by Richard Allen Morton, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
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Author: Richard Allen Morton ISBN: 9781476623788
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: July 12, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Richard Allen Morton
ISBN: 9781476623788
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: July 12, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

Dominating the Windy City for decades, the Chicago Democratic Machine has become a fixture in American political history. Under Mayor Richard J. Daley, it acquired almost mythical (perhaps notorious) status. Yet its origins have remained murky—some say is began as a shady enterprise during the ethnic upheaval of the late 1920s. Based upon new research, this book offers a fresh perspective. Formed through factional warfare and consolidated with methods borrowed from the business world, the Machine grew out of the unfettered capitalism of the late 19th century. Its principal founder and first “boss,” Roger C. Sullivan, represented a generation of businessmen-politicians who emerged in the 1880s. Sullivan and his allies created an informal public power structure that, while serving their own interests, also made government more functional. The Machine is a product of America’s Gilded Age and the Progressive Era and offers a lesson in the advantages and limitations of representative government.

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Dominating the Windy City for decades, the Chicago Democratic Machine has become a fixture in American political history. Under Mayor Richard J. Daley, it acquired almost mythical (perhaps notorious) status. Yet its origins have remained murky—some say is began as a shady enterprise during the ethnic upheaval of the late 1920s. Based upon new research, this book offers a fresh perspective. Formed through factional warfare and consolidated with methods borrowed from the business world, the Machine grew out of the unfettered capitalism of the late 19th century. Its principal founder and first “boss,” Roger C. Sullivan, represented a generation of businessmen-politicians who emerged in the 1880s. Sullivan and his allies created an informal public power structure that, while serving their own interests, also made government more functional. The Machine is a product of America’s Gilded Age and the Progressive Era and offers a lesson in the advantages and limitations of representative government.

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