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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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=295597 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Chicago. |
Съдържание:
- 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.