City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago by Spinney, Robert G.

City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago

"Condensed yet energetic and substantial history of Chicago. Spinney has a firm sense of historical narrative as...
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City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago by Spinney, Robert G.

City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago

$34.29

City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago

$34.29
Author: Robert G. Spinney
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"Condensed yet energetic and substantial history of Chicago. Spinney has a firm sense of historical narrative as well as a keen eye for entertaining and illuminating detail."― Publishers Weekly

A city of immigrants and entrepreneurs, Chicago is quintessentially American. Spinney brings it to life and highlights the key people, moments, and special places--from Fort Dearborn to Cabrini-Green, Marquette to Mayor Daley, the Union Stock Yards to the Chicago Bulls--that make this incredible city one of the best places in the world.

City of Big Shoulders links key events in Chicago's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600s to today's robust metropolis. Robert G. Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose lives made the city--from the tycoons and the politicians to the hundreds of thousands of immigrants from all over the world.

In this revised and updated second edition that brings Chicago's story into the twenty-first century, Spinney sweeps his historian's gaze across the colorful and dramatic panorama of the city's explosive past. How did the pungent swamplands that the Native Americans called "the wild-garlic place" burgeon into one of the world's largest and most sophisticated cities? What is the real story behind the Great Chicago Fire? What aspects of American industry exploded with the bomb in Haymarket Square? Could the gritty blue-collar hometown of Al Capone become a visionary global city?



Author: Robert G. Spinney
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 05/15/2020
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9781501748967

About the Author

Robert G. Spinney is Professor of History at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Virginia. He is author of World War II in Nashville.


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