| Description |
1 online resource (462 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| 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 |
| Summary |
Chicago has been called by many names. Nelson Algren declared it "A City on the Make." Carl Sandburg dubbed it the "City of Big Shoulders." Upton Sinclair christened it "The Jungle," while New Yorkers, naturally, pronounced it "the Second City." At last there is a book for all of us, whatever we choose to call Chicago. Here, historian Dominic Pacyga gives his hometown the magisterial biography it has long deserved. Chicago traces the city's storied past, from the explorations of Joliet and Marquette in 1673 to the new wave of urban pioneers today. The city's great industrialists, reformers, an |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-433) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- State & Local.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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| SUBJECT |
Chicago (Ill.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023235
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| Subject |
Illinois -- Chicago
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226644325 |
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0226644324 |
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1282426761 |
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9781282426764 |
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9786612426766 |
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6612426764 |
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