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181 Epidemics, Walter Nugent( Authored Entry )
...in late 1881 and 1,292 in early 1882. The population rose too fast for vaccination programs to keep...
...lamented that “the great and rapid influx of population has caused a dangerous overcrowding in all...
...newly arrived Europeans. Chicago's doubling of population in the 1880s, much of it from Europe, had...
182 Landscape Design, Kevin Harrington( Authored Entry )
...uncomprehended. Meanwhile, as Chicago's population grew from about 4,000 in 1840 to more than a...
...popular appeal of environmentalism . The population of Chicago declined in the 1960 census for the...
...expressways suggested a warehousing of populations. Both phenomena demonstrated an urban vision...
183 Leisure, Steven A. Riess( Authored Entry )
...urban space and was accompanied by a booming population. Leisure patterns were further affected by...
...city with a huge, heavily foreign-origin population. These factors had a major impact on working...
...and its social structure, a heterogeneous population divided into ethnic communities, gender,...
184 Work Culture, Lynn Y. Weiner( Authored Entry )
...diversity of employment opportunities, population, and housing. The ways in which people find jobs,...
...service, which at one time included a population of workers who lived in the homes or businesses of...
...restaurants, dance halls , and theaters. This population of workers was sharply delineated by race;...
185 Symerton, IL, Erik Gellman( Authored Entry )
...agricultural town. Over half of its housing was built before 1939, and the 2000 population was 106....
186 Bull Valley, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche( Authored Entry )
...carefully developing community still prizes its rural atmosphere. The population in 2000 was 726....
187 Winfield, IN, Ann Durkin Keating( Authored Entry )
...the Loop. Recently incorporated, Winfield had a population of 2,298 in 2000. However, thousands more...
188 Crest Hill, IL, Erik Gellman( Authored Entry )
...for the majority of Crest Hill's taxes. The 2000 population was 13,329, including 2,571 prisoners....
189 Indian Creek, IL, Erik Gellman( Authored Entry )
...Creek encompassed the smallest area of any municipality in Lake County , with a population of 194....
190 Machine Politics, Roger Biles( Authored Entry )
...largely on the votes of diverse immigrant populations, dispensed jobs and assorted welfare benefits...
...constituted larger proportions of the city's population. Some Irish ward stalwarts, such as Kenna...
...in later years when Chicago's black population increased dramatically. Kelly won reelection in 1935,...
191 Planning Before the Plan, Carl Smith( Interpretive Digital Essay (Essay) )
...a jump in both immigration from abroad and population mobility within the nation, and an ethos of...
...argued that the city's location, and the local population's ability to understand and exploit these...
...by 1833; the expulsion of the Native American population shortly after; the greatly anticipated and...
192 Austin, Judith A. Martin( Authored Entry )
...beginning in the late 1960s. By 1980 Austin's population was predominantly African American , more...
...loss of jobs and of commerce as its white population moved to the suburbs and to Chicago's Northwest...
193 South Shore, Wallace Best( Authored Entry )
...not only a large increase in the area's population, but also greater diversity among its residents...
...in housing stock. Between 1920 and 1930 the population of South Shore jumped from 31,832 to 78,755....
...with an increase in the African American population (69 percent by 1970 and 95 percent by 1980), it...
194 West Ridge, Patricia Mooney-Melvin( Authored Entry )
...developed during this period as the area's population swelled from about 7,500 in 1920 to almost...
...West Ridge grew steadily during the 1930s. Population growth and economic development, however, did...
...remains primarily commercial in orientation. Population growth necessitated more housing units and...
195 Brighton Park, Clinton E. Stockwell( Authored Entry )
...improvements drew even more diverse populations. French and Eastern European Jews settled in the...
...in 1977, weakened the area's economy, and population declined by one-third between 1930 and 1980....
...the Polish Highlander Alliance. By 2000 the population had grown to 44,912, 69 percent of Mexican...
196 Canadians, Emily Brunner( Authored Entry )
...In addition to the French Canadian population, Chicago has long been home to significant numbers of...
...of Ontario moved to the United States because population growth and changes in agriculture limited...
...and Saskatchewan. Chicago's Anglophone Canadian population has left few traces that historians can...
197 Filipinos, Barbara M. Posadas( Authored Entry )
...United States census, Chicago's Filipino population grew from 154 in 1920 to 1,796 10 years later,...
...1934 “old-timers. ” By 1960 Chicago's Filipino population totaled 3,554: 2,143 men and 1,411 women....
...of extended family units. The Filipino population in Chicago numbered 9,497 in 1970, reached 41,283...
198 Hammond, IN, Joseph C. Bigott( Authored Entry )
...downtown. From 1970 to 1990 Hammond's population declined 22 percent, from 107,983 to 84,236. In...
...and professional occupations. By 2000, the population of 83,048 remained 72 percent white, primarily...
...and African Americans accounted for 21 percent and 15 percent of the population, respectively....
199 Harvey, IL, Joseph C. Bigott( Authored Entry )
...the local community. During the 1920s Harvey's population grew from 9,216 to 16,374. The development...
...developing new products. By 1960, Harvey's population reached 29,071, with many residents employed...
...changed dramatically as the African American population rose from 7 to 66 percent. The turnover led...
200 Kenwood, Max Grinnell( Authored Entry )
...Illinois Central tracks in the 1910s, and the population of the area increased to 21,000 by 1920....
...of deterioration within the community, as the population of the area continued to grow significantly...
...accelerated from 1940 to 1960, as population increased 41 percent without new construction of...

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