The third coast: when Chicago built the American dream

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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 …

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Full title :The third coast : when Chicago built the American dream / Thomas Dyja.

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Publication Date:©2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):The Penguin Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2013

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxxiv, 508 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations, portraits, maps

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ISBN:9781101605486, 1101605480
oclc:ocn858947460
LC Classification:F548.52
Dewey Decimal:977.3/11043

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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Epilogue : In Chicago for my forever.

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