BIBFRAME Work

Title

Clout city

Other Titles (e.g. Variant)

Rise and fall of the Chicago political machine

Type

• Monograph
• Text

Contribution

• Pacyga, Dominic A. (author )

Subject

• Democratic Party (Chicago, Ill.) (LCNAF)
• Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government (LCSH)
• Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.) (LCNAF)

Language

• English

Classification

• DDC: 977.3/11 (Assigner: dlc)
• LCC: F548.52 .P33 2025 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"In politics, clout is the Chicago Way: insider access granted or denied, favors given or withheld, payoffs made or received. But Chicago clout is more than that. It's the absolute currency of a social, cultural, and political order that is self-reinforcing, self-dealing, and ultimately self-sealing in its contempt for anything outside of it. Or at least, it was. Here, Dominic A. Pacyga reveals how cultural, ethnic, and religious forces created this distinctive system-and ultimately led to its collapse. Tracing clout's origins in the Irish Catholic neighborhood of Bridgeport, Pacyga shows how communal ties can be a force for good and also the deepest wellspring of corruption"-- Provided by publisher.

Authorized Access Point

Pacyga, Dominic A. Clout city

Geographic Coverage

• Illinois

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:23:15.860246+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 24042237

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc