Chicago
Subtitle: a biography
By: Dominic A. Pacyga.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press; University Of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226644318
Subjects: Chicago (Ill.) -- History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Writing an urban biography; title: Location, location, location!; title: Emporium of the West; title: The era of urban chaos; title: Reacting to chaos : Pullman, the West Side, and the Loop; title: The progressive and not so progressive city; title: The immigrant capital and World War I; title: Twentieth-century metropolis; title: Years of crises : Depression and war; title: Chicago after the war : changing times; title: Daley's city; title: Apocalypse "now" or regeneration?; title: Conclusion: Transforming Chicago and America.