Chicago made: factory networks in the industrial metropolis
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1. Verfasser: Lewis, Robert D. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2008
Schriftenreihe:Historical studies of urban America
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-339) and index
Chicago, the mighty city -- The suburban solution -- Four factory districts, 1860-1940 -- The shifting geography of metropolitan employment: starts, additions, & moves -- The metropolitan geography of firm linkages, 1872-1901 -- Forging the Calumet district, 1880-1940 -- Chicago's planned industrial districts: clearing and the central manufacturing districts -- Networked space: the connected metropolis in the 1920s -- Manufacturing production chains and wholesaling -- Local production practices and inter-firm linkages: Chicago's automotive industry, 1900-1940
From the lumberyards and meatpacking factories of the Southwest Side to the industrial suburbs that arose near Lake Calumet at the turn of the twentieth century, manufacturing districts shaped Chicago's character and laid the groundwork for its transformation into a sprawling metropolis. Approaching Chicago's story as a reflection of America's industrial history between the Civil War and World War II, Chicago Made explores not only the well-documented workings of centrally located city factories but also the overlooked suburbanization of manufacturing and its profound effect on the metropolita
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ISBN:0226477045
9780226477046

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