A History of Chicago
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Köp båda 2 för 804 krCondensed yet energetic and substantial history of Chicago. Spinney has a firm sense of historical narrative as well as a keen eye for entertaining and illuminating detail. * Publishers Weekly * A much-needed, brief yet comprehensive analytical history of Chicago. * Journal of Illinois History *
Robert G. Spinney is Professor of History at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia. He is author of World War II in Nashville.
1. The Early World of Chigagou, 16001750 2. Chigagou Becomes Chicago, 17501835 3. Boom, Bust, and Recovery in Early Chicago, 18351850 4. Chicago Conquers the Midwest, 18501890 5. Life in a City on the Make, 18501900 6. The Fire, the Bomb, and the Fair, 18711893 7. The New Immigration, 18801920 8. Progressivism and Urban Reform, 18901915 9. World War I and the Roaring Twenties, 19151929 10. The Great Depression, World War II, and Suburban Growth, 19291955 11. Richard J. Daley and the City That Works, 19551976 12. The Challenges of the Post-Machine Years, 19761997 13. Glamorous and Grim: Chicago in the Twenty-First Century