Mayor : the best job in politics / Michael A. Nutter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nutter, Michael A., 1957- author.

Series:

City in the twenty-first century book series

The city in the twenty-first century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nutter, Michael A., 1957-.

Nutter, Michael A.

African American mayors--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.

African American mayors.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--21st century.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 167 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]

Contents:

Part 1

1 Where'd You Go to High School? 3

2 How Chemistry 101 and a Disco Changed My Life 10

3 Why Run? 19

4 Aren't You on City Council? What Are You Going to Do About That? 28

5 Fifth in a Five-Way Race 39

6 My Name Is Olivia Nutter and This Is My Dad 47

Part 2

7 Budgets and Roses 71

8 The Last Call You Ever Want to Get 90

9 Getting to the Brink of Plan C 102

10 We're Not Running a Big Babysitting Service. We're Running a Big Government 108

11 Why Not a Tax on Cheesesteaks Instead of Soda? 115

Part 3

12 There Was Never an Earthquake Here Before You Were Mayor 125

13 A Cool and a Hot City: Attracting the New and Retaining the Old 138

14 Tragedies, Frustrations, Accidents, and a Holy Visit 147.

ISBN:

9780812250022

0812250028

OCLC:

1011561891