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- catalog abstract ""This compact yet comprehensive account of Chicago's history links key events in the city's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600s to today's robust metropolis. Synthesizing a vast body of literature, Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives made the city - not only the tycoons and the politicians but also the hundreds of thousands of immigrants from all over the world who have kept the city working." "This account will interest students and teachers of urban history, as well as anyone looking for a brisk overview of Chicago's history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11580467.
- catalog coverage "Chicago (Ill.) History.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This compact yet comprehensive account of Chicago's history links key events in the city's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600s to today's robust metropolis. Synthesizing a vast body of literature, Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives made the city - not only the tycoons and the politicians but also the hundreds of thousands of immigrants from all over the world who have kept the city working." "This account will interest students and teachers of urban history, as well as anyone looking for a brisk overview of Chicago's history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-294) and index.".
- catalog description "The early world of Chigagou, 1600-1750 -- Chigagou becomes Chicago, 1750-1835 -- Boom, bust, and recovery in early Chicago, 1835-1850 -- Chicago conquers the midwest, 1850-1890 -- Life in a city on the make, 1850-1900 -- The fire, the bomb, and the fair, 1871-1893 -- The new immigration, 1880-1920 -- Progressivism and urban reform, 1890-1915 -- World War I and the Roaring Twenties, 1915-1929 -- The Great Depression, World War II, and suburban growth, 1929-1955 -- Richard J. Daley and the city that works, 1955-1976 -- The transitions of the post-Daley years, 1976-1997.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 300 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0875802540 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0875805833 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Chicago (Ill.) History.".
- catalog subject "977.3/11 21".
- catalog subject "F548.3 .S75 2000".
- catalog subject "Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The early world of Chigagou, 1600-1750 -- Chigagou becomes Chicago, 1750-1835 -- Boom, bust, and recovery in early Chicago, 1835-1850 -- Chicago conquers the midwest, 1850-1890 -- Life in a city on the make, 1850-1900 -- The fire, the bomb, and the fair, 1871-1893 -- The new immigration, 1880-1920 -- Progressivism and urban reform, 1890-1915 -- World War I and the Roaring Twenties, 1915-1929 -- The Great Depression, World War II, and suburban growth, 1929-1955 -- Richard J. Daley and the city that works, 1955-1976 -- The transitions of the post-Daley years, 1976-1997.".
- catalog title "City of big shoulders : a history of Chicago / Robert G. Spinney.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".