Challenging Chicago: Coping With Everyday Life, 1837-1920 - Couverture souple

Duis, Perry R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0252074157 ISBN 13 : 9780252074158

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2006

Synopsis

During an unprecedented period of rapid growth, the burgeoning metropolis of Chicago quickly became a "concentration of risk" far more congested, dangerous, unpleasant, immoral, and unhealthy than newcomers had anticipated. Through vignettes and real-life stories, Challenging Chicago reveals lower- and middle-class peoples' strategies for coping with technology, crowding, anonymity, and other urban ills.

Follow along and encounter some of Chicago's most infamous citizens--the loathed Traction Baron, high-speed "scorchers," and peddlers of "swill milk." Learn about the perils of payday, the lunchtime problems of women, the lure of dime museums, and the fatal attraction of Chicago's "cruelest place." Against this bleak backdrop emerged the innovators and institutions that made Chicago the vibrant city it is today. The superbly textured narrative is enhanced by eighty-six historic photographs and illustrations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Perry R. Duis, a professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is the author of Chicago: Creating New Traditions​ and other books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252074157
• ISBN 13: 9780252074158
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 430
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• Personne responsable: non disponible