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The new Chicago : a social and cultural analysis /
For generations, visitors, journalists, and social scientists alike have asserted that Chicago is the quintessentially American city. Indeed, the introduction to The New Chicago reminds us that "to know America, you must know Chicago." The contributors boldly announce the demise of the cit...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For generations, visitors, journalists, and social scientists alike have asserted that Chicago is the quintessentially American city. Indeed, the introduction to The New Chicago reminds us that "to know America, you must know Chicago." The contributors boldly announce the demise of the city of broad shoulders and the transformation of its physical, social, cultural, and economic institutions into a new Chicago. In this wide-ranging book, twenty scholars, journalists, and activists, relying on data from the 2000 census and many years of direct experience with the city, identify five c. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 353 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, color maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-339) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781592137725 1592137725 |