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City of Big Shoulders : A History of Chicago /

"This compact yet comprehensive account of Chicago's history links key events in the city's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600s to today's robust metropolis. Synthesizing a vast body of literature, Robert Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Spinney, Robert G. (Robert Guy) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, New York : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This compact yet comprehensive account of Chicago's history links key events in the city's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600s to today's robust metropolis. Synthesizing a vast body of literature, Robert Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives made the city-not only the tycoons and the politicians but also the hundreds of thousands of immigrants from all over the world who have kept the city working"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (324 pages).
ISBN:9781501748356