Chicago: A Biography Tapa blanda - 2011 - 1st Edición

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University of Chicago Press. Very Good. 2011. Paperback. 0226644286 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Light edgewear. ; 6 X 1.8 X 9 inches; 472 pages .

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Univ of Chicago Pr, 2011. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 464 pages. 9.99x7.16x1.18 inches.

U.S.A.: University Of Chicago Press, 2011. 1st Edition 4th Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Chicago has been called by many names. Nelson Algren declared it a "City on the Make." Carl Sandburg dubbed it the "City of Big Shoulders." Upton Sinclair christened it "The Jungle," while New Yorkers, naturally, pronounced it "the Second City."At last there is a book for all of us, whatever we choose to call Chicago. In this magisterial biography, historian Dominic Pacygatraces the storied past of his hometown, from the explorations of Joliet and Marquette in 1673 to the new wave of urban pioneers today. The city's great industrialists, reformers, and politicians-and, indeed, the many not-so-great and downright notorious-animate this book, from Al Capone and Jane Addams to Mayor Richard J. Daley and President Barack Obama. But what distinguishes this book from the many others on the subject is its author's uncommon… Leer más

Paperback / softback. New. A work that traces the storied past of the author's hometown, from the explorations of Joliet and Marquette in 1673 to the new wave of urban pioneers today. It gives voice to the city's steelyard workers and kill floor operators, and maps the neighborhoods distinguished not by Louis Sullivan masterworks but by bungalows and corner taverns.

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