Examines Chicago's nineteenth-century history, looking at its progress from a fur-trading post to a bustling city that burned to the ground in 1871, rising again by 1893 to become one of the greatest cities in America, with the busiest and most modern downtown in the country and…
This volume is about Chicago's 19th century history.
Documents the harrowing twelve-day period in Chicago in 1919 during which a blimp crash, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder case challenged the city's modernization efforts.
An acclaimed business journalist takes us behind the scenes of the biggest markets in the world and into the oversize personalities of the men who make them happen.
Traces the history of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange from its origins as a meeting place for gamblers and farmers through its evolution into a sophisticated electronic market of high-speed commodities trading.
Tells the rich and dramatic history of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the original (and eventually, largest) futures market. Details the emergence of the Merc as a kind of meeting place for gamblers and farmers and its subsequent transformation into a sophisticated electronic …
An acclaimed business journalist takes us behind the scenes of the biggest markets in the world and into the oversize personalities of the men who make them happen.
"The Futures tells the rich and dramatic story of the Chicago commodities exchanges, from the egg men of Fulton Street to the carbon traders who seek to transform the world (and make a quick buck while they do it)."--Inside jacket.
An acclaimed business journalist takes us behind the scenes of the biggest markets in the world and into the oversize personalities of the men who make them happen.
Traces the key figures in Chicago's underworld from the early twentieth century to 2003, describing their pivotal roles in organized crime and gangs, their typically brutal methods, and their powerful personalities.