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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):
- City and town life--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
- City and town life.
- Social change--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
- Social change.
- Civic improvement--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
- Civic improvement.
- Urbanization--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
- Urbanization.
- Architecture--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
- Architecture.
- Chicago (Ill.)--History--1875-.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Intellectual life--19th century.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (362 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1893, the 27.5 million visitors to the Chicago World's Fair feasted their eyes on the impressive architecture of the White City, lit at night by thousands of electric lights. In addition to marveling at the revolutionary exhibits, most visitors discovered something else: beyond the fair's 633 acres lay a modern metropolis that rivaled the world's greatest cities. The Columbian Exposition marked Chicago's arrival on the world stage, but even without the splendor of the fair, 1893 would still have been Chicago's greatest year. An almost endless list of achievements took place in Chicago in
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-3249-3
- OCLC:
- 843881951
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