Chicago : city of the century

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Explores Chicago's transformation from a swampy frontier town of fur traders and Native Americans to a massive metropolis that was the quintessential American city of the nineteenth century. Both t...

Explores Chicago's transformation from a swampy frontier town of fur traders and Native Americans to a massive metropolis that was the quintessential American city of the nineteenth century. Both the triumphs and the struggles of the Windy City are discussed, including the distinctive architecture, development of business, the rich mixture of cultures, writers and journalists, political corruption, and labor upheavals.

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