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Windy city wars : labor, leisure, and sport in the making of Chicago / Gerald R. Gems.
LIBRA GV584.5.C4 G46 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gems, Gerald R.
- Series:
- American sports history series ; no. 8.
- American sports history series ; no. 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Illinois--Chicago--History.
- Sports.
- Leisure--Illinois--Chicago--History.
- Leisure.
- Popular culture--Illinois--Chicago--History.
- Popular culture.
- History.
- Chicago (Ill.)--History.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- Traces how the assimilation process of various ethnic groups in Chicago was facilitated by participation in sports from 1830-1940.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0810833050
- OCLC:
- 36528439
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