Popular Culture and the Enduring Myth of Chicago, 1871-1968.

By: Krissoff Boehm, LisaMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Taylor & Francis Group, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (227 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203335437Subject(s): 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 StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Popular Culture and the Enduring Myth of Chicago, 1871-1968DDC classification: 977.311 LOC classification: F548.5 -- .B54 2004ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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