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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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, New York :
Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press,
2020.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (324 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781501748356 |