City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of AmericaSimon & Schuster, 1996 - 704 من الصفحات Thoroughly researched and magnificently written, City of the Century captures all the drama of Chicago's growth from a desolate fur-trading post in the 1830s to a metropolis that by 1890 rivaled New York City. "Brims with life, with people, surprises, and with stories--and stories within stories--all worth telling."--David McCullough, author of Truman. of photos. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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... cultural patronage to the older generation . They were easily made to see that the town they had turned into a ... cultural reformism with pride in Chicago's business accomplishments . Chicago could be culturally transformed , they ...
... cultural patronage to the older generation . They were easily made to see that the town they had turned into a ... cultural reformism with pride in Chicago's business accomplishments . Chicago could be culturally transformed , they ...
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... cultural life would be immediately enhanced by its hosting the fair , with part of the funding for the new building com- ing , at his powerful urging , from the exposition's coffers . It wasn't the last big Chicago art deal Charles ...
... cultural life would be immediately enhanced by its hosting the fair , with part of the funding for the new building com- ing , at his powerful urging , from the exposition's coffers . It wasn't the last big Chicago art deal Charles ...
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... cultural guardians . Yet while the desire to impose moral order encouraged cultural benefaction , more disinterested motives also came into play . Charles Hutchinson , the institute's president for some forty years , was a man of his ...
... cultural guardians . Yet while the desire to impose moral order encouraged cultural benefaction , more disinterested motives also came into play . Charles Hutchinson , the institute's president for some forty years , was a man of his ...
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Preface | 15 |
City of Dreamers and Doers | 24 |
Didnt Expect No Town | 48 |
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