Liquid capital : making the Chicago waterfront /

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In the nineteenth century, politicians transformed a disease-infested bog on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan into an intensively managed waterscape supporting the life and economy of Chicago, now America's third-most populous city. In Liquid Capital, Joshua A.T. Salzmann shows how, thro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Salzmann, Joshua A. T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Series:American business, politics, and society.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Waterfronts > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
Waterfronts > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Land use > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
Land use > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Human ecology > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
Human ecology > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Fronts de mer > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Fronts de mer > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Utilisation du sol > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Utilisation du sol > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Human ecology
Land use
Waterfronts
Illinois > Chicago
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • 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
  • Acknowledgments

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