Chicago's greatest year, 1893 [electronic resource] : the White City and the birth of a modern metropolis / Joseph Gustaitis.
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TextPublication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xii, 346 pages :) illustrationsISBN: - 9780809332496
- 0809332493
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875-
- Architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Urbanization -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Civic improvement -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Social change -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- City and town life -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- 977.3/1103 23
- F548.5 .G95 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The White City and the Gray City -- Three Museums and a Library -- Sears, Roebuck and Company -- Frances Willard's Bicycle -- Open Heart Surgery -- A Church for Father Tolton -- The Illinois Institute of Technology -- The Birth of Urban Literature -- The West Side Grounds -- The Chicago Hot Dog -- Wrigley's Gum -- The Chicago School of Architecture -- Reforming Chicago -- Epidemics and Clean Water -- Epilogue: Chicago's Next Great Year.
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