City of the Century
The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3432002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carl Smith (0000-0002-3996-7978), Carl R Smith, Donald L Miller (0000-0002-4599-5086) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 311 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1953 • E-ISSN: 1530-9169 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/206448 |
| OpenAlex | W2322825093 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
The epic of Chicago is the story of the emergence of modern America. Here, witness Chicago's growth from a desolate fur-trading post in the 1830s to one of the world's most explosively alive cities by 1900. Donald Miller's powerful narrative embraces it all: Chicago's wild beginnings, its reckless growth, its natural calamities (especially the Great Fire of 1871), its raucous politics, its empire-building businessmen, its world-transforming architecture, its rich mix of cultures, its community of young writers and journalists, and its staggering engineering projects-which included the reversal of the Chicago River and raising the entire city from prairie mud to save it from devastating cholera epidemics. The saga of Chicago's unresolved struggle between order and freedom, growth and control, capitalism and community, remains instructive for our time, as we seek ways to build and maintain cities that retain their humanity without losing their energy. City of the Century throbs with the pulse of the great city it brilliantly brings to life
Ancient history · Art · Economic history · EPIC · Literature · Political science · American Environmental and Regional History · American History and Culture · History
Disruptions in the Dream City
Barreiras setoriais para o desenvolvimento de fachadas leves estruturadas em Light steel framing
A Exposição Universal de Chicago em 1893 e o yankismo paulista
The Paradoxical Unity ofChicagoandModern Boy
Visions of civility
New Methodologies for Interdisciplinary Research and Action in an Urban Ecosystem in Chicago
Using Science to Argue for Sexual Education in U.S. Public Schools
From Political Insult to Political Theory
Knowledge Capitalism
No little plans
Why Cities? A Response
Spectacular Failure
Unionized Teamsters and the Struggle over the Streets of the Early-Twentieth-Century City
Travels In and Out of Town
Jane Addams's Progressive Democracy Hull-House and the Ethics of Reform
The Value of Acceptance in Social Work Direct Practice
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
The Invention of Enterprise
The American Soul Rush
On the Interactive Nature of Place-Making
Mercenary Hirelings" or "A Great Blessing
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2022 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |