Some useful economic models in prose -- Chicago and the development of the old Northwest -- The second city : 1900-1930 -- Depression and war -- Chicago in 1950, and a look ahead -- Postwar growth and suburbanization : 1950-1970 -- The decades of urban crisis -- The old century ends on a high note, and a new century begins
Summary
Chicago went from nothing in 1830 to become the second-largest city in the nation in 1900, while the Midwest developed to become one of the world's foremost urban areas. This book is an economic history of the Chicago metropolitan area from the 1820s to the present. It examines the city in its Midwestern region and compares it to the other major cities of the North. This book uses theories of the economics of location and other economic models to explain much of Chicago's history. Chicago maintained its status as the second-largest city through the first decades of the 20th century, but rapid
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 20, 2015)
