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Chicago : a biography

Title
Chicago : a biography / Dominic A. Pacyga.
Author
Pacyga, Dominic A.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

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TextUse in library IVF (Chicago) 09-8603Schwarzman Building M2 - Milstein Division Room 121

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462 p. : ill., maps; 27 cm.
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-433) and index.
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.
Call Number
IVF (Chicago) 09-8603
ISBN
  • 9780226644318 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226644316 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226644288 (pbk.)
LCCN
2009001192
OCLC
2009001192
Author
Pacyga, Dominic A.
Title
Chicago : a biography / Dominic A. Pacyga.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-433) and index.
Research Call Number
IVF (Chicago) 09-8603
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