Chicago's greatest year, 1893
Subtitle: the White City and the birth of a modern metropolis
By: Joseph Gustaitis
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780809332489
Subjects: Social life and customs; City and town life; Intellectual life; Social change; Civic improvement; Urbanization; Architecture; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The White City and the Gray City; title: Three Museums and a Library; title: Sears, Roebuck and Company; title: Frances Willard's Bicycle; title: Open Heart Surgery; title: A Church for Father Tolton; title: The Illinois Institute of Technology; title: The Birth of Urban Literature; title: The West Side Grounds; title: The Chicago Hot Dog; title: Wrigley's Gum; title: The Chicago School of Architecture; title: Reforming Chicago; title: Epidemics and Clean Water; title: Epilogue: Chicago's Next Great Year.