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1 online resource (x, 241 pages) : illustrations |
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Chicago visions and revisions |
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Chicago visions + revisions.
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| Contents |
The third city -- Renditions of Chicago -- The mayor among his peers -- The city of neighborhoods -- Wresting the new from the once modern -- Chicago and American urbanism |
| Summary |
Our traditional image of Chicago--as a gritty metropolis carved into ethnically defined enclaves where the game of machine politics overshadows its ends--is such a powerful shaper of the city's identity that many of its closest observers fail to notice that a new Chicago has emerged over the past two decades. Larry Bennett here tackles some of our more commonly held ideas about the Windy City--inherited from such icons as Theodore Dreiser, Carl Sandburg, Daniel Burnham, Robert Park, Sara Paretsky, and Mike Royko--with the goal of better understanding Chicago as it is now: the third city |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Daley, Richard M. (Richard Michael), 1942-
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| SUBJECT |
Daley, Richard M. (Richard Michael), 1942- fast (OCoLC)fst00345877 |
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Urban renewal -- Illinois -- Chicago
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City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago
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City and town life -- Illinois -- Chicago
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Sociology, Urban -- Illinois -- Chicago
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Neighborhoods -- Illinois -- Chicago
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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City and town life.
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City planning.
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Neighborhoods.
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Sociology, Urban.
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Urban renewal.
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Chicago (Ill.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023235
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Illinois -- Chicago.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226042954 |
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0226042952 |
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9786612901775 |
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6612901772 |
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