"Good politics is good government": The troubling history of mayoral control of the public schools in twentieth-century Chicago

American Journal of Education

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 305-356

  Carl, J I M ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58749090372     PISSN: 01956744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595666     Document Type: Article

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