The rhetoric of black mayors [[electronic resource] ] : in their own words / / Deborah F. Atwater

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459041203321
• Autore: Atwater Deborah F
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : University Press of America, 2010
• ISBN: 1-283-03092-6; 9786613030924; 0-7618-5077-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (117 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.85408996073; 973.04
• Soggetti: Black people - Social conditions; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One; Wilson Goode: Mayor as Technocrat and Pioneer, Philadelphia, PA; Chapter Two; James Sills, Jr.: Mayor as Educator, Wilmington, DE; Chapter Three; Sharon Pratt Dixon Kelly: African American Woman Reformer, Mayor, Washington, DC; Chapter Four; Aaron Thompson: Mayor as Caretaker, Camden, NJ; Chapter Five; Marvin Wilson: Mayor as Purveyor of Hope, Glenarden, MD; Chapter Six; Kwame Malik Kilpatrick: Mayor as Rising Star/Fallen Angel, Detroit, MI; Chapter Seven; Conclusion; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores rhetorical and practical efforts of Black mayors in building coalitions to win elections and govern cities. Atwater discusses and analyzes the process of creating coalitions by each mayor by dealing with the news coverage of the mayors by both the black and mainstream press and including interviews.