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Building the South Side
Robin F. Bachin
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Description for Building the South Side
Paperback. Explores the struggle for influence that dominated the planning and development of Chicago's South Side during the Progressive Era. This work examines the University of Chicago, Chicago's public parks, and the Black Belt to consider how community leaders looked to the physical design of the city to shape its culture and promote civic interaction. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 448 pages, 71 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
"Building the South Side" explores the struggle for influence that dominated the planning and development of Chicago's South Side during the Progressive Era. Robin F. Bachin examines the early days of the University of Chicago, Chicago's public parks, Comiskey Park, and the Black Belt to consider how community leaders looked to the physical design of the city to shape its culture and promote civic interaction.Bachin highlights how the creation of a local terrain of civic culture was a contested process, with the battle for cultural authority transforming urban politics and blurring the line between private and public space. In the ... Read more
"Building the South Side" explores the struggle for influence that dominated the planning and development of Chicago's South Side during the Progressive Era. Robin F. Bachin examines the early days of the University of Chicago, Chicago's public parks, Comiskey Park, and the Black Belt to consider how community leaders looked to the physical design of the city to shape its culture and promote civic interaction.Bachin highlights how the creation of a local terrain of civic culture was a contested process, with the battle for cultural authority transforming urban politics and blurring the line between private and public space. In the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Series
Historical Studies of Urban America
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226033945
SKU
V9780226033945
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About Robin F. Bachin
Robin F. Bachin is the Charlton W. Tebeau Associate Professor of History and Director of American Studies at the University of Miami. She is also president of the Society for American City and Regional Planning History.
Reviews for Building the South Side
"Bachin incisively charts the development of key urban institutions and landscapes that helped constitute the messy vitality of Chicago's late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century public realm." - Daniel Bluestone, Journal of American History "This is an ambitious book filled with important insights about issues of public space and its use by urban residents.... It is thoughtful, very well written, and ... Read more