Urban history from amidst the oleaginous perfume, greasy exudations, and black froth of a growing metropolis. Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Smelling Civic Peril: The Chicago Styx -- 2 Sensory Overload: The Chicago Fire, 187…
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A hundred years and more ago, a walk down a Chicago street invited an assault on the senses. Untiring hawkers shouted from every corner. The manure from thousands of horses lay on streets pooled with molasses and puddled with kitchen grease. Odors from a river gelatinous and lum…
Urban history from amidst the oleaginous perfume, greasy exudations, and black froth of a growing metropolis A hundred years ago and more, a walk down a Chicago street invited an assault on the senses. Untiring hawkers shouted from every corner. The manure from thousands of hors…