Chicago : growth of a metropolis / Harold M. Mayer and Richard C. Wade ; with the assistance of Glen E. Holt ; cartography by Gerald F. Pyle.

Main entry:

Mayer, Harold M. (Harold Melvin), 1916-1994.

Title & Author:

Chicago : growth of a metropolis / Harold M. Mayer and Richard C. Wade ; with the assistance of Glen E. Holt ; cartography by Gerald F. Pyle.

Publication:

Description:

ix, 510 pages, [4] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, plans, facsimiles ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-493) and index.
Introduction -- Prairie seaport, 1830-51 -- Railroad capital, 1851-71 -- The second city, 1871-93 -- The white city and the gray, 1893-1917 -- War and prosperity, 1917-45 -- Revival and crisis, 1945-69.

Summary:

Pictorial history of Chicago, emphasizing the physical conditions of life in the city, and discussing how the city expanded and why it looks the way it does.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0226512738
9780226512730
0226512746
9780226512747

Subject:

Stadtentwicklung
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Chicago (Ill.) History Pictorial works.
Chicago (Ill.) Histoire Ouvrages illustrés.
Illinois Chicago
United States, Illinois, Cook, Chicago History.
Chicago, Ill.

Form/genre:

Bildband.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Wade, Richard C., 1922-2008, author.
Holt, Glen E.
Pyle, Gerald F., cartographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 109586
Call No.: ID:86-B22103
Status: Available

Location: Library main 109585
Call No.: 0000973 A1117; ID:86-B22103
Status: Available

Location: Library main 109584
Call No.: W3009; ID:86-B22103
Status: Available

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