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.
"Disputing the so-called ghetto studies that depicted the early part of the twentieth century as the nadir of African American society, this thoughtful volume by Christopher Robert Reed investigates black life in turn-of-the-century Chicago, revealing a vibrant community that gr…
Rebecca Janowitz's portrait of Hyde Park-the Chicago South Side neighborhood long noted for its progressive politics-offers an expert, insider's social and political perspective on this intriguing community that in many ways nurtured Barack Obama's political career and made poss…
This portrait of Hyde Park, the Chicago South Side neighborhood long noted for its progressive politics, explains the dynamics of this intriguing community that in many ways nurtured Barack Obamas's political career and made possible his run for the presidency. Rebecca Janowitz …
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 fa…
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 fa…
"In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ecological and economic changes that made Chicago America's most dynamic city and the Great West its hinterland, Mr. Cronon opens a n…
"In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ecological and economic changes that made Chicago America's most dynamic city and the Great West its hinterland, Mr. Cronon opens a n…
Argues that the American frontier and city developed together by focusing on Chicago and tracing its roots from Native American habitation to its transformation by white settlement and development.
Amy Absher's The Black Musician and the White City tells the story of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-20th century. While depicting the segregated city before World War II, Absher traces the migration of black musicians, both men and women and both classical…
Amy Absher's 'The Black Musician and the White City' tells the story of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-twentieth century. While depciting the segregated city before World War II, Absher traces the migration of black musicians, both men and women and both cl…
