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Author Gustaitis, Joseph Alan, 1944-

Title Chicago's greatest year, 1893 [electronic resource] : the White City and the birth of a modern metropolis / Joseph Gustaitis.

Imprint Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013.

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Description xii, 346 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The White City and the Gray City -- Three Museums and a Library -- Sears, Roebuck & Co. -- 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject City and town life -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
Social change -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
Civic improvement -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
Urbanization -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
Architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875-
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780809332489 (paperback : alkaline paper)
0809332485 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780809332496 (e-book)

 
    
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