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Robert G. Spinney - City of Big Shoulders - 9780875805832 - V9780875805832
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City of Big Shoulders

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Description for City of Big Shoulders Paperback. A history connecting Chicago's swampy beginnings in the 1600s, its growth as the world's "hog butcher", and its late-20th-century balance of politics, race and ethnicity. Synthesizing a vast body of literature, Robert Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives made the city. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3J; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.

This compact yet comprehensive account of Chicago's history links key events in the city's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600s to today's robust metropolis. Synthesizing a vast body of literature, Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives made the city—not only the tycoons and the politicians but also the hundreds of thousands of immigrants from all over the world who have kept the city working.

City of Big Shoulders sweeps across the colorful and dramatic panorama of Chicago's explosive past. How did the pungent swamplands that the Native Americans called ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
530g
Number of Pages
314
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780875805832
SKU
V9780875805832
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Ref
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