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Liquid capital : making the Chicago waterfront / Joshua A.T. Salzmann.

De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Salzmann, Joshua A. T., author.
Series:
American business, politics, and society.
American business, politics, and society
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Waterfronts--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
Waterfronts.
Waterfronts--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
Land use--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
Land use.
Land use--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
Human ecology--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.
Human ecology.
Human ecology--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
Illinois--Chicago.
Genre:
History
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (234 pages).
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Language Note:
In English.
Summary:
In the nineteenth century, politicians transformed a disease-infested bog on the shore of Lake Michigan into an intensely managed waterscape supporting the life and economy of Chicago. Liquid Capital shows how Chicago's waterfront became both an economic hub and the site of many precedent-setting decisions about public land use.
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Introduction. State Power and the Rise of Chicago; Chapter 1. Making a River Run Through It; Chapter 2. The Legal Construction of Free Marketplaces; Chapter 3. The Creative Destruction of the Chicago River Harbor; Chapter 4. Beauty and the Crisis of Commercial Civilization; Chapter 5. A Public Pier for Pleasure and Profit; Epilogue. A Waterscape for the New Millennium; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Acknowledgments.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-221) and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780812294583
0812294580
OCLC:
1035515809

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