City of big shoulders: a history of Chicago

"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, Robert Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives m...

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1. Verfasser: Spinney, Robert G. 1961- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca, New York Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press [2020]
Ausgabe:Second edition
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Zusammenfassung:"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, Robert 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"--
Beschreibung:xv, 306 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte 24 cm
ISBN:9781501748967
9781501749599

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