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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gustaitis, Joseph, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture.

History.

Urbanization.

Civic improvement.

Social change.

City and town life.

Chicago (Ill.)--History--1875-.

Chicago (Ill.).

Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Chicago (Ill.)--Intellectual life--19th century.

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.)--Biography.

Illinois--Chicago.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013.

Summary:

An almost endless list of noteworthy achievements took place in Chicago in 1893. Chicago's most important skyscraper was completed in 1893, Frank Lloyd Wright opened his office in the same year, and a trio of Chicago authors practically invented urban literature. African American physician and Chicagoan Daniel Haic Williams performed one of the first known open-heart surgeries. Sears and Roebuck was incorporated, and William Wrigley invented Juicy Fruit gum. The Field Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Science and Industry all started in 1893. The Cubs' new ballpark opened that year, and an Austro-Hungarian immigrant began selling hot dogs outside the grounds of the World's Fair (Columbian Exposition). His wares became the famous "Chicago hot dog." Because of the magnitude of the World's Fair, history books often neglect to explain what visitors discovered outside the White City's electrically lit splendor. Author Joseph Gustaitis rectifies this overlooked history, revealing Chicago as a modern metropolis that rivaled the world's greatest cities. Although the Columbian Exposition marked Chicago's arrival on the world stage in 1893, that year's many other firsts and accomplishments ensured that 1893 would go down in history as Chicago's greatest year. Book jacket.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780809332489

0809332485

OCLC:

797334862