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:xxxiv, 508 pages : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781594204326, 1594204322, 9780143125099, 0143125095
oclc:ocn845214069
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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