The third coast : when Chicago built the American dream / Thomas Dyja.
The third coast : when Chicago built the American dream / Thomas Dyja.
The third coast : when Chicago built the American dream / Thomas Dyja.
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New York : The Penguin Press, [2013]
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G 2013/2708
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English
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Physical content
xxxiv, 508 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
pt. 1. Pre-1945. The brick is another teacher ; We were part of them ; Washed up on a favorable shore ; The ideal world of Mr. Hutchins -- pt. 2. 1945-1949. The chaos of our conceptions ; Believers in the city ; A discovered beauty ; Until my change comes ; A local youth in love ; Let me do one by m...
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Publisher
New York : The Penguin Press, [2013]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2013]
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Summary
Much of what defined the nation as it grew into a superpower was produced in Chicago. Before air travel overtook trains, nearly every coast-to coast journey included a stop there, and this flow of people and commodities made it America's central clearinghouse, laboratory, and factory. And even as Chicago led the way in creating mass-market culture,...
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The third coast : when Chicago built the American dream / Thomas Dyja.
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When Chicago built the American dream.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-488) and index.
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©2013.
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G 2013/2708
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74VKDrmyEmZM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKDrmyEmZM
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ISBN
9781594204326
1594204322
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977.311043
MMS ID
991019013609702626
