Slaughterhouse : Chicago's Union Stock Yard and the World It Made /

From the minute it opened-on Christmas Day in 1865-it was Chicago's must-see tourist attraction, drawing more than half a million visitors each year. Families, visiting dignitaries, even school groups all made trips to the South Side to tour the Union Stock Yard. There they got a firsthand look...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pacyga, Dominic A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
Slaughtering and slaughter-houses > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Slaughtering and slaughter-houses > Illinois > Chicago.
Stockyards > Illinois > Chicago > History.
HISTORY / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE. Confronting the Modern in Chicago's Square Mile
  • 1. SPECTACLE. Facing the Modern World
  • 2. GENESIS. From Swamp to Industrial Giant
  • 3. WORKING IN THE YARDS. The Move to the Modern
  • 4. " SUCCESS COMES TO THOSE WHO HUSTLE WISELY". The Emergence of the Greatest Livestock Market in the World
  • 5. SLAUGHTERHOUSE BLUES. The Decline and Fall of the Union Stock Yard
  • 6. INNOVATE FOR EFFICIENCY- THOUGH WITH LESS STENCH. The Square Mile after the Union Stock Yard
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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