Krissoff Boehm, Lisa.
Popular Culture and the Enduring Myth of Chicago, 1871-1968. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (227 pages)
Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Chicago, The Infamous City -- 1 "Do you Wonder Chicago Burned?": The Great Chicago Fire and the Launching of Chicago's National Reputation -- 2 "The New City of the New World": Fin-de-Siecle Chicago and Its Fairs -- 3 "Turbulent Mistress of the West": Popular Images of Chicago in the Progressive Era -- 4 "All the World is Waiting for the Sunrise": A Century of Progress and the National Image of Chicago -- 5 Chapter Five Infamous City: Chicago and the Reworking of Reality in American Popular Culture -- 6 The End of the Myth: Chicago in the Tumultuous 1960s -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book is an examination of the image of Chicago in American popular culture between the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and Chicago's 1968 Democratic National Convention.
9780203335437
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875-.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Public opinion.
City and town life -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
City and town life -- United States -- History.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Public opinion -- United States.
Electronic books.
F548.5 -- .B54 2004eb
977.311
Popular Culture and the Enduring Myth of Chicago, 1871-1968. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (227 pages)
Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Chicago, The Infamous City -- 1 "Do you Wonder Chicago Burned?": The Great Chicago Fire and the Launching of Chicago's National Reputation -- 2 "The New City of the New World": Fin-de-Siecle Chicago and Its Fairs -- 3 "Turbulent Mistress of the West": Popular Images of Chicago in the Progressive Era -- 4 "All the World is Waiting for the Sunrise": A Century of Progress and the National Image of Chicago -- 5 Chapter Five Infamous City: Chicago and the Reworking of Reality in American Popular Culture -- 6 The End of the Myth: Chicago in the Tumultuous 1960s -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book is an examination of the image of Chicago in American popular culture between the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and Chicago's 1968 Democratic National Convention.
9780203335437
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875-.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Public opinion.
City and town life -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
City and town life -- United States -- History.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Public opinion -- United States.
Electronic books.
F548.5 -- .B54 2004eb
977.311