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Work, David Moberg(
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) ...In the late nineteenth century, booming Chicago struck visitors as the “purest kind of commercial...
...and political machines , work has defined Chicago in popular and literary imagery, shaped the city's...
...of its history. As the city grew, work in Chicago underwent dramatic transformations, both in the...
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Racial Restrictive Covenants on Chicago's South Side in 1947, (
Map
) ...Racial Restrictive Covenants on Chicago's South Side in 1947...
...1916 until 1948, racially restrictive covenants were used to keep Chicago's neighborhoods white....
...In language suggested by the Chicago Real Estate Board, legally binding covenants attached to...
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Jewish Congregations on the Move in Chicago, 1849-2002, (
Map
) ...Jewish Congregations on the Move in Chicago, 1849-2002...
...Chicago's Jewish congregations founded in the nineteenth century have the longevity and complicated...
...social acceptance within the spatial evolution of Chicago's neighborhoods. Early concentrations near...
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Fiction, Bill Savage(
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) ...Ana Castillo show the dilemmas facing both Chicago's bewildered native sons, as their neighborhoods...
...tradition. Whatever their métier or origins, writers of Chicago fiction continue to grapple with the...
...city life in general and by the specifics of Chicago's urban spaces, history, and relentless change....
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The Journey to Work in Chicago in 1980, (
Map
) ...The Journey to Work in Chicago in 1980...
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Chicago's Place in the Water Routes of the Great Lakes Indian World, 1600-1830, (
Map
) ...Chicago's Place in the Water Routes of the Great Lakes Indian World, 1600-1830...
...For centuries the Chicago area represented for Native Americans just one of a number of key portages...
...Europeans, a trade that flourished in the Chicago area until the opening decades of the nineteenth...
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Chicago Mayors, 1837-2007, (
Table
) ...Chicago Mayors, 1837-2007...
...William Walls III (Nonpartisan) Source: Newberry Library The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights...
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Art, Lynne Warren(
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) ...From its earliest history, art in Chicago was created in response to the particular nature of the...
...of industrialization and global commerce. Chicago's earliest artists were painters and illustrators...
...early in the 1950s. As part of the rebuilding of Chicago after the fire of 1871 , great turn-of-the-...
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National Historic Landmarks in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, (
Table
) ...National Historic Landmarks in the Chicago Metropolitan Area...
...Home and Studio 428 Forest Avenue and 951 Chicago Avenue Oak Park 1889–1898 From 1887 to 1909, home...
...Newberry Library) The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2005 Chicago Historical Society. The...
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Ethnic Music, Philip V. Bohlman(
Authored Entry
) ...ethnic music continues to proliferate in Chicago, acquiring not only new forms and contexts, but...
...of the twenty-first century, the label Ethnic Chicago evokes, on the one hand, a city with a long...
...If the multiple meanings of Ethnic Chicago have changed over time, they have nonetheless persisted...
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Banking, Commercial, Larry E. Schweikart(
Authored Entry
) ...and did not mature fast enough to keep the large Chicago banks independent of outside interests....
...Chicago's economic growth reached the point that it needed banking institutions just at the time...
...State Bank, created in 1835 with a branch in Chicago, also failed. Most Chicago banks failed during,...
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Dance Companies, Carolyn A. Sheehy(
Authored Entry
) ...dance companies, such as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, have a strong history of cooperation between...
...From Akasha to XSIGHT! , Chicago has a rich dance history, comprising a variety of different types...
...of dance companies. The 1900 edition of the Chicago Business Directory listed 35 “Dancing Academies”...
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Artists, Education and Culture of, George H. Roeder, Jr.(
Authored Entry
) ...community” for nurturing his own work, and many Chicago artists thrived on their interactions with...
...be set aside to purchase art for the site. Various gigantic exhibitions such as Art Chicago...
...and Chicago International Art Exposition have given Chicago artists additional exposure and made art...
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Iron and Steel, David Bensman and Mark R. Wilson(
Authored Entry
) ...longer the powerhouse that had been a crucial part of the Chicago-area economy for over a century....
...among the largest economic enterprises in the Chicago region since before the Civil War . During the...
...suffered a sudden decline in the 1970s did Chicago-area mills begin to shut down and lay off...
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Politics, Maureen A. Flanagan(
Authored Entry
) ...Party suggest that patronage politics is enough of a way of life in Chicago that it will never die....
...Chicago politics is a national cliché, evoking images of a one-party system, dominated by a boss-...
...belong the spoils,” explained Powers. Chicago women entered the fray upon obtaining municipal...
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County Boundaries in the Chicago Area, (
Map
) ...County Boundaries in the Chicago Area...
...organize county government for what became the Chicago metropolitan region. In December 1778, based...
...authorities that were given jurisdiction over the Chicago area were Indiana Territory (1800) and...
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Universities and Their Cities, Steven J. Diner and Harold S. Wechsler(
Authored Entry
) ...their neighborhoods. Constructing the Chicago Circle campus meant destroying ethnic neighborhoods...
...satellites but retained a basic commitment to Chicago. By the end of the twentieth century, over 30...
...1867 left the work of college founding in Chicago to religious denominations and to local boosters...
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Choral Music, Mark Clague(
Authored Entry
) ...1982 over 25 nationalities were represented by Chicago's ethnic choirs, including the Lira Singers (...
...Amerikanischer Kinderchor—continue to thrive. Chicago's volunteer men's choruses, the Windy City Gay...
...directed by Jay Giallombardo), and the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus (1983–), have also experienced an...
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Real Estate, Pierre deVise(
Authored Entry
) ...the first time in almost half a century, Chicago's population increased. The suburban real-estate...
...closely connected to the development of the Chicago metropolitan region and the daily lives of its...
...contours of the entire metropolitan area. Chicago's real-estate activities divide into several...
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Film, J. A. Lindstrom(
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) ...Argyle, ca. 1910. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1 i3629 Filming...
...Western and Irving Park, 1914. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1...
...From the beginning, the film industry in Chicago had many supporters. The inaugural June 1907 issue...
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