The third coast
Subtitle: when Chicago built the American dream
By: Thomas Dyja
Publisher: The Penguin Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9781594204326
Subjects: Social conditions; Intellectual life; Relations; History
Description: Much of what defined the nation as it grew into a superpower was produced in Chicago. Before air travel overtook trains, nearly every coast-to coast journey included a stop there, and this flow of people and commodities made it America's central clearinghouse, laboratory, and factory. And even as Chicago led the way in creating mass-market culture, its artists pushed back in their own distinct voices. Chicago native Thomas Dyja re-creates the story of the city in its postwar prime and explains its profound impact on modern America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-488) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1: Pre-1945. The brick is another teacher ; We were part of them ; Washed up on a favorable shore ; The ideal world of Mr. Hutchins; title: Pt. 2: 1945-1949. The chaos of our conceptions ; Believers in the city ; A discovered beauty ; Until my change comes ; A local youth in love ; Let me do one by myself ; A fresh time ; The balance of power ; This program came to you from Chicago ; A city of slightbrows; title: Pt. 3: 1950-1954. Stand up and be counted ; Living separate lives ; Nobody knows my name ; The lonely crowd ; Convention summer ; Playwrights and playboys ; Chicagsky temp; title: Pt. 4: 1955. A family man for a family city ; The blues have a baby ; American hungers ; Theater without heroes ; What kind of world do we live in? ; We like it this way; title: Pt. 5: 1956-1960. Chicago dynamic ; Beta people for a beta world ; Gaining a moon and losing ourselves ; Will somebody please listen to me today! ; The realm of the unreal; title: Epilogue: In Chicago for my forever.