Cate LiaBraaten
Biographic Data
| ID | 9719745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cate LiaBraaten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cate |
| FAMILY NAME | LiaBraaten |
| SIGNATURE | LIABRAATEN C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Ephemeral City
Lindsay Fullerton's new book, Ephemeral City: A People's History of Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair, is an in-depth exploration of the second world's fair in the Windy City, the 1933–34 Century of Progress Exposition.While much has been written about Chicago's first world's fair, the 1893 Columbian Exposition, the Depression-era Century of Progress has been relatively overlooked. World's fair historian Robert Rydell has discussed the f…
Chicago's 1934 World's Fair
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR STATE and Local History (AASLH) has published a useful “field guide” for the American semiquincentennial, with suggested guiding themes for commemorating America's 250th anniversary. One of these themes is “Doing History,” and the AASLH has suggested that, much like the 1975 bicentennial, this anniversary might provide an opportunity for professional historians to talk about our work with a public that has a renewed i…
Chicago's Modern Mayors
Three new books dig into Chicago's twentieth- and twenty-first-century mayoral history and take into consideration the fact that Chicago is unique and yet not fully removed from broader trends in American politics. The authors of these books revel in opening doors to back rooms and revealing details of familiar stories, but none of them veer too far into the territory of dishy tell-all. Each of these books highlights the enormous power and respon…
Slide Rules
IN 1925, THE PLAYGROUND AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA made a statement that might seem more at home in a controversial political manifesto than a training manual for recreation workers. The Normal Course in Play claimed that “control can be developed without loss of the sense of freedom, and it is the only way in which freedom can be maintained.1 Untangling the contradictive relationship between freedom and control articulated here requir…
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Slide Rules
IN 1925, THE PLAYGROUND AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA made a statement that might seem more at home in a controversial political manifesto than a training manual for recreation workers. The Normal Course in Play claimed that “control can be developed without loss of the sense of freedom, and it is the only way in which freedom can be maintained.1 Untangling the contradictive relationship between freedom and control articulated here requir…
Chicago's Modern Mayors
Three new books dig into Chicago's twentieth- and twenty-first-century mayoral history and take into consideration the fact that Chicago is unique and yet not fully removed from broader trends in American politics. The authors of these books revel in opening doors to back rooms and revealing details of familiar stories, but none of them veer too far into the territory of dishy tell-all. Each of these books highlights the enormous power and respon…
Ephemeral City
Lindsay Fullerton's new book, Ephemeral City: A People's History of Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair, is an in-depth exploration of the second world's fair in the Windy City, the 1933–34 Century of Progress Exposition.While much has been written about Chicago's first world's fair, the 1893 Columbian Exposition, the Depression-era Century of Progress has been relatively overlooked. World's fair historian Robert Rydell has discussed the f…
Chicago's 1934 World's Fair
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR STATE and Local History (AASLH) has published a useful “field guide” for the American semiquincentennial, with suggested guiding themes for commemorating America's 250th anniversary. One of these themes is “Doing History,” and the AASLH has suggested that, much like the 1975 bicentennial, this anniversary might provide an opportunity for professional historians to talk about our work with a public that has a renewed i…
American Environmental and Regional History (2 works) · American History and Culture (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Race, History, and American Society (2 works) · American Political and Social Dynamics (1 work) · Appalachian Studies and Mathematics (1 work) · Child Welfare and Adoption (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · Conferences and Exhibitions Management (1 work) · Democracy (1 work)