Perfect cities : Chicago's utopias of 1893 / James Gilbert.

Main entry:

Gilbert, James Burkhart, author.

Title & Author:

Perfect cities : Chicago's utopias of 1893 / James Gilbert.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.

Description:

xiv, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-264) and index.
Chicago: two profiles. -- Approaches: discovery from a distance. -- First city: form and fantasy. -- Second city: our town. -- Third city: the evangelical metropolis. -- Exit: the gray city.

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ISBN:

0226293173 (alk. paper)
9780226293172 (alk. paper)
0226293181 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780226293189 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Popular culture Illinois Chicago History 19th century.
Utopias Illinois.
Utopias.
Utopies.
Culture populaire Illinois Chicago Histoire 19e siècle.
Utopies Illinois.
Travel
Popular culture
Manners and customs
Soziale Situation
Zivilisation
Utopieën.
Stadscultuur.
Chicago (Ill.) Description and travel.
Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs.
Chicago Culture populaire 19e siècle.
Chicago Description 1875-1950.
Chicago Moeurs et coutumes.
Chicago (Ill.) Descriptions et voyages.
Illinois Chicago
Illinois
Chicago, Ill.
Utopias History

Form/genre:

Utopias.
Utopian fiction
History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 67448
Call No.: ID:91-B3204
Status: Available

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