Chicago's Greatest Year, 1893 : The White City and the Birth of a Modern Metropolis /

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In 1893, the 27.5 million visitors to the Chicago World's Fair feasted their eyes on the impressive architecture of the White City, lit at night by thousands of electric lights. In addition to marveling at the revolutionary exhibits, most visitors discovered something else: beyond the fair'...

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Main Author: Gustaitis, Joseph, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Städtebau
Sozialer Wandel
Architektur
Urbanization.
Social change.
Manners and customs.
Intellectual life.
Civic improvement.
City and town life.
Architecture.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Architecture > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire.
Urbanisation > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Villes > Amenagement et assainissement > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Vie urbaine > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Architecture > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Urbanization > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
Civic improvement > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
Social change > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
City and town life > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century.
Chicago, Ill.
Illinois > Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) > Histoire > 1875-
Chicago (Ill.) > Biography.
Chicago (Ill.) > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Chicago (Ill.) > History > 1875-
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The White City and the Gray City
  • Three Museums and a Library
  • Sears, Roebuck and Company
  • Frances Willard's Bicycle
  • Open-Heart Surgery
  • A Church for Father Tolton
  • The Illinois Institute of Technology
  • The Birth of Urban Literature
  • The West Side Grounds
  • The Chicago Hot Dog
  • Wrigley's Gum
  • The Chicago School of Architecture
  • Reforming Chicago
  • Epidemics and Clean Water
  • Epilogue : Chicago's Next Great Year.

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