Chicago : a biography /
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...
| Основен автор: | Pacyga, Dominic A. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
2009.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=295597 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Chicago. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (462 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-433) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226644325 0226644324 1282426761 9781282426764 |