| Description |
462 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [413]-433) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Writing an urban biography -- Location, location, location! -- Emporium of the West -- The era of urban chaos -- Reacting to chaos : Pullman, the West Side, and the Loop -- The progressive and not so progressive city -- The immigrant capital and World War I -- Twentieth-century metropolis -- Years of crises : Depression and war -- Chicago after the war : changing times -- Daley's city -- Apocalypse "now" or regeneration? -- Conclusion: Transforming Chicago and America. |
| Subject |
Chicago (Ill.) -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780226644318 cloth alkaline paper |
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0226644316 cloth alkaline paper |
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