Joseph Medill : Chicago's First Modern Mayor / David L. Protess -- Carter H. Harrison II : The Politics of Balance / Edward R. Kantowicz -- Edward F. Dunne : The Limits of Municipal Reform / John D. Buenker -- Fred A. Busse : A Silent Mayor in Turbulent Times / Maureen A. Flanagan -- Big Bill Thompson : The "Model" Politician / Douglas Bukowski -- William E. Dever : A Chicago Political Fable / John R. Schmidt -- Anton J. Cermak : The Man and His Machine / Paul M. Green -- Edward J. Kelly : New Deal Machine Builder / Roger Biles -- Martin H. Kennelly : The Mugwump and the Machine / Arnold R. Hirsch -- Mayor Richard J. Daley and the Politics of Good Government / Paul M. Green -- Michael A. Bilandic : The Last of the Machine Regulars / Paul M. Green -- Jane M. Byrne : To Think the Unthinkable and Do the Undoable / Melvin G. Holli -- Harold Washington : The Enigma of the Black Political Tradition / William J. Grimshaw -- Putting Harold to Rest / Laura S. Washington -- Sawyer Saga : A Journalist, Who Just Happened to be the Mayor's Press Secretary, Speaks / Monroe Anderson -- Richard M. Daley and the Politics of Addition / Paul M. Green -- Rahm Emanuel : Beginning a New Mayoral Era in Chicago / Paul M. Green -- Urbs in Debitum / Laurence Msall -- Ranking Chicago's Mayors : Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Is the Greatest of Them All? : An Updated Poll / Melvin G. Holli -- Chicago Political Tradition : A Mayoral Retrospective / Paul M. Green -- Appendix: Chicago Mayors