Bibliograph

Chicago, a biography, Dominic A. Pacyga

Type

Label

Chicago, a biography, Dominic A. Pacyga

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chicago

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

298670853

Responsibility statement

Dominic A. Pacyga

Sub title

a biography

Table Of 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

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