Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (640 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226512746 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 511 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Customer said Comprehensive and Beautiful. This book is a very thorough overview of Chicago's rich history. It also has a very large amount of pictures which make it good as a display book for your coffee table. Anyone who has lived in Chicago can read this and understand the significance of Chicago's past and its influence on the city's evolution.. Great View of Chicago's History & Growth K.A.Goldberg This superb book describes the evolution of Chicago with over 1,000 photographs and dozens of maps. Readers see how a combination of geography, industrialization, railroads and immigration rapidly changed Chicago from an 1837 outpost on Lake Michigan to one of the world's greatest cities. Quickly becoming the earth's leading railroad center, Chicago grew to 110,000 persons in 1860, 550,000 in 1880, 1.6 million in 1900, 3.5 million. A Prairie Primer Borowy26 This book is an absolute necessity for any student of Chicago history; in fact, it is usually one of the assigned texts for almost ever university level course where the subject to be studied is the growth and development of the city of Chicago and its surrounding metropolitan area.The texts that accompany each chapter division are authoritative yet concise. A substantial number of photographs are provided to document the building
It is handsomely designed, with a thousand photographs that document the physical growth and the spatial patterns of the city. A dimensionalism comes through that no other city has. This is the story of Chicago and how it grew. Moreover, this volume is concerned with suburbs and "satellite" towns as well as the historic city."Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis is an incredible book. In a little over a century it rose from a mere frontier outpost to become one of the great cities of the world. Instead of emphasizing society and customs, this volume deals with the physical conditions of life. In place of the conventional interest in "founding fathers" and leading families, it is more concerned with street scenes and ordinary people. Without neglecting downtown, it also reaches into the residential areas and neighborhood shopping centers. Like its subject it is excessive, and nothing succeeds like excess. No single book can possibly encompass the immense scope of this development or convey the endless diversity of the life of Chicago's people. Because it asks different questions, this book differs markedly from other "pictorial histories" of American cities. But with the help of the camera it is possible to capture many dimensions of this extraordinary story.This volume, however, which comprises over 1,000 pictures and 50 maps, tries to do more than show physical development—it attempt