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Chicago, growth of a metropolis, Harold M. Mayer and Richard C. Wade ; with the assistance of Glen E. Holt ; cartography by Gerald F. Pyle

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Chicago, growth of a metropolis, Harold M. Mayer and Richard C. Wade ; with the assistance of Glen E. Holt ; cartography by Gerald F. Pyle

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-493) and index

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illustrationsportraitsmapsplans

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chicago

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

73416

Responsibility statement

Harold M. Mayer and Richard C. Wade ; with the assistance of Glen E. Holt ; cartography by Gerald F. Pyle

Sub title

growth of a metropolis

Summary

Pictorial history of Chicago, emphasizing the physical conditions of life in the city, and discussing how the city expanded and why it looks the way it does

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Prairie seaport, 1830-51 -- Railroad capital, 1851-71 -- The second city, 1871-93 -- The white city and the gray, 1893-1917 -- War and prosperity, 1917-45 -- Revival and crisis, 1945-69

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