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Liquid Capital : Making the Chicago Waterfront.
In the nineteenth century, politicians transformed a disease-infested bog on the shore of Lake Michigan into an intensely managed waterscape supporting the life and economy of Chicago. Liquid Capital shows how Chicago's waterfront became both an economic hub and the site of many precedent-setti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | American Business, Politics, and Society Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction. State Power and the Rise of Chicago; Chapter 1. Making a River Run Through It; Chapter 2. The Legal Construction of Free Marketplaces; Chapter 3. The Creative Destruction of the Chicago River Harbor; Chapter 4. Beauty and the Crisis of Commercial Civilization; Chapter 5. A Public Pier for Pleasure and Profit; Epilogue. A Waterscape for the New Millennium; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Acknowledgments.