Title & Author:

The encyclopedia of Chicago / edited by James R. Grossman, Ann Durkin Keating, Janice L. Reiff ; cartographic editor, Michael P. Conzen.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2004]
©2004

Description:

xxix, 1117 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
"The encyclopedia of Chicago has been developed by the Newberry Library with the cooperation of the Chicago Historical Society."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Metropolitan Chicago Reference Map -- Color Inserts -- The City As Artifact -- Timeline and Year Pages -- Maps in Color -- Dictionary of Leading Chicago Businesses, 1820-2000 -- Chicago Mayors -- Chicago Metropolitan Population.
Association of American Publishers PROSE Award, 2004.

Summary:

"Developed by the Newberry Library with the cooperation of the Chicago Historical Society, The Encyclopedia of Chicago is the definitive historical reference on metropolitan Chicago. More than a decade in the making, the Encyclopedia brings together hundreds of historians, journalists, and experts on everything from airlines to Zoroastrians to explore all aspects of the rich world of Chicagoland, from its geological prehistory to the present." "The main alphabetical section of the Encyclopedia, comprising more than 1,400 entries, covers the full range of Chicago's neighborhoods, suburbs, and ethnic groups as well as the city's cultural institutions, technology and science, architecture, religions, immigration, transportation, business history, labor, music, health and medicine, and hundreds of other topics. The Encyclopedia has the widest geographical reach of any city encyclopedia of its kind, encompassing eight of the region's counties, including suburbs. Nearly 400 thumbnail maps pinpoint Chicago neighborhoods and suburban municipalities; these maps are complemented by hundreds of black-and-white and color photographs and thematic maps that bring the history of metropolitan Chicago to life. Additionally, contributors have provided lengthy interpretive essays - woven into the alphabetical section but set off graphically - that take a long view of such topics as the built environment, literary images of Chicago, and the city's legendary and passionate sports culture." "The Encyclopedia also offers a comprehensive biographical dictionary of more than 2,000 individuals important to Chicago history and a detailed listing of approximately 250 of the city's historically significant business enterprises. A color insert features a timeline of Chicago history and photo essays exploring nine pivotal years in this history."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

0226310159 (alk. paper)
9780226310152 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Chicago (Ill.) Encyclopedias.
Chicago (Ill.) History Encyclopedias.
Chicago (Ill.) Histoire Encyclopédies.
Illinois Chicago
United States, Illinois, Cook, Chicago Encyclopedias and dictionaries.
United States, Illinois, Cook, Chicago Biography.
United States, Illinois, Cook, Chicago History.
Chicago, Ill.
Chicago (Ill. ; région) Encyclopédies.

Form/genre:

Encyclopedia
Wörterbuch.
Encyclopedias.
encyclopedias.
History
Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance) CU-BANC
Encyclopédies.

Added entries:

Grossman, James R., editor.
Keating, Ann Durkin, editor.
Reiff, Janice L., editor.
Conzen, Michael P., editor.
Newberry Library.
Chicago Historical Society.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 234152
Call No.: F548.6.E53 2004
Status: Available