American apocalypse
Subtitle: the great fire and the myth of Chicago
By: Ross Miller.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Architecture -- Mutilation, defacement, etc. -- Illinois -- Chicago; Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- Illinois -- Chicago; Architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 19th century; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Description: A study of the great Chicago fire examines the disaster's impact on the birth of modernism--in art and architecture, culture, commerce, and urban design.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-272).
Includes index.