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Author Pacyga, Dominic A.
Title Chicago : a biography / Dominic A. Pacyga.
Publication Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
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 Davis Library  F548.3 .P339 2009    AVAILABLE

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Description 462 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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.
WorldCat no. 298670853
ISBN 9780226644318 cloth alkaline paper
0226644316 cloth alkaline paper
Description 462 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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.
LC subject Chicago (Ill.) -- History.
ISBN 9780226644318 cloth alkaline paper
0226644316 cloth alkaline paper
WorldCat no. 298670853
System control no. (OCoLC)298670853