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City of the Century : the Epic of Chicago and the Making of America.
From its turbulent beginnings to its current status as one of the world's most dynamic cities, City of the Century tells the story of Chicago-and the story of America, writ small. From its many natural disasters, including the Great Fire of 1871 and several cholera epidemics to its winner-take-...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
RosettaBooks,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Preface; Part I; Part II; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Illustrations; Endnotes; Acknowledgments; Introduction: City of Dreamers and Doers; 1 Discovery; 2 ""Didn't Expect No Town""; 3 Ogden's Chicago; 4 The Great Chicago Exchange Engine; 5 Empire City of the West; 6 My Lost City; Introduction: Let Us Build Ourselves a City; 7 That Astonishing Chicago; 8 The Chicago Machine; 9 The Streetcar City; 10 Stories in Stone and Steel; 11 Sullivan and Civic Renewal; 12 The New Chicago; 13 The Battle for Chicago; 14 1893.
- 15 After the Fair1. THE PRIEST AND THE EXPLORER; 2. JOLIET'S DREAM; 1. WILD CHICAGO; 2. BANISHING THE PAST; 1. THE FOUNDER; 2. A PRAIRIE ARISTOCRACY; 3. THE GRID AND THE BALLOON FRAME; 1. THE BIG JUNCTION; 2. THE MECHANICAL MAN; 3. STACKER OF WHEAT AND WOOD, PACKER OF PORK; 1. CHICAGO AGAINST NATURE; 2. CITY OF EXTREMES; 1. THE GREAT FIRE; 2. UNAPPROACHABLE IN CALAMITY; 1. ""GRANDER AND STATELIER THAN EVER""; 2. AMERICA'S CITY; 1. EMPIRES OF ORDER AND BLOOD; 2. A FORTRESS OF OPPRESSION; 3. THE PULLMAN IDEA; 4. STEEL RAILS TO COUNTRY KITCHENS; 1. PALACES OF DESIRE; 2. THE LOOP.
- 3. city and suburb4. sunday in chicago; 1. something new under the sun; 2. burnham and root; 3. the major's birdcage; 4. factories in the sky; 1. the auditorium; 2. a proud and soaring thing; 1. burnham's white city; 2. hutchinson's three-ring circus; 3. harper's university; 4. the social defense of caste; 5. the new chicago woman; 6. cleansing the city; 1. politics ""ain't bean bag""; 2. why the ward boss rules; 3. haymarket; 4. it's harrison again; 1. the fair; 2. the ""gomorrah of the west""; 3. stories of the streets and of the town; 1. if christ came to chicago!; 2. regeneration.