American Government - Local
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The Daley Show: Inside the Transformative Reign of Chicago’s Richard M. Daley
$34.95 Read more“You have to have passion. You have to have honesty in office. You have to love the people.” Those words summed up the outlook, if not always the actions, of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. Elected to… [more below]
- Author: Claypool, Forrest
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0252046196
- Language: English
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Chaos Comes Calling: The Battle Against the Far-Right Takeover of Small-Town America
$30.00 Add to cartA harrowing tale of how polarization threatened to break apart two American communities and how one found a way back while the other splintered.
Donald Trump’s November 2016 electoral victory was the- Author: Abramsky, Sasha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1645030431
- Language: English
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Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics
$16.95 Read more“This book will inspire people to work with and for their neighbors in all kinds of ways!” –Bill McKibben, author of Falter
Heather Lende was one of the thousands of women inspired to take an activ- Author: Lende, Heather
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1643751409
- Language: English
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Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities
$30.00 Add to cartSegregation by Design draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousands of American cities to explore how local governments generate race and class segregation. Starting… [more below]
- Author: Trounstine, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: November 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1108454984
- Language: English
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Gold Rush Stories: 49 Tales of Seekers, Scoundrels, Loss, and Luck
$30.00 Add to cartThis volume explores the deeply human stories of the California Gold Rush generation, drawing out all the brutality, tragedy, humor, and prosperity as lived by those who experienced it. In less than t… [more below]
- Author: Noy, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1597143847
- Language: English
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Not in My Backyard: How Citizen Activists Nationalized Local Politics in the Fight to Save Green Springs
$35.00 Read moreHow a woman-led citizens’ group beat a Southern political machine by enlisting federal bureaucrats and judges to protect their neighborhood from unchecked economic development
This social history of- Author: Balogh, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 02, 2024
- ISBN10: 0300253788
- Language: English
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The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining Discarded America
$18.99 Add to cart- Author: Wilde Anderson, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1501195999
- Language: English
