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Marshall Field's : the store that helped build Chicago
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- Creator
- Gayle Soucek
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010
- Physical Details
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- 155 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781596298545, 1596298545
- OCLC
- ocn648480927
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Introduction: Why Marshall Field's matters -- From the farm to the city : making of a merchant -- Growth and rebirth : Field, Leiter & Company -- Fire and survival : aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire -- Change and philanthropy : the merchant's final years -- Continuing the vision : the John Shedd years -- Progress and despair : the Great Depression and the World's Fair -- From the city to the suburbs : the changing face of retail -- A child's dream : Christmas at Field's -- Winds of change : BATUS and Target -- An icon vanishes : the coming of Macy's