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Building the South Side : urban space and civic culture in Chicago, 1890-1919
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- Creator
- Robin F. Bachin
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
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- ix, 434 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780226033938, 0226033937
- OCLC
- ocm52773572
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Pt. 1. The university and the city. A new order of things: planning and building the University of Chicago ; The city seeking aid from Alma Mater: collegiate culture, coeducation, and the boundaries of college and community. -- Pt. 2. Parks as public space. To lay the foundations for good citizenship: neighborhood parks and outdoor recreation ; Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty: the Burnham plan and the civic lakefront. -- Pt. 3. Commercial leisure and civic culture. Baseball palace of the world: commercial recreation and the building of Comiskey Park ; A mecca for pleasure: leisure, work, and spaces of race pride