City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America

City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America

by Donald L. Miller
City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America

City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America

by Donald L. Miller

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Overview

The epic of Chicago is the story of the emergence of modern America. Here, witness Chicago's growth from a desolate fur-trading post in the 1830s to one of the world's most explosively alive cities by 1900.

Donald Miller's powerful narrative embraces it all: Chicago's wild beginnings, its reckless growth, its natural calamities (especially the Great Fire of 1871), its raucous politics, its empire-building businessmen, its world-transforming architecture, its rich mix of cultures, its community of young writers and journalists, and its staggering engineering projects—which included the reversal of the Chicago River and raising the entire city from prairie mud to save it from devastating cholera epidemics. The saga of Chicago's unresolved struggle between order and freedom, growth and control, capitalism and community, remains instructive for our time, as we seek ways to build and maintain cities that retain their humanity without losing their energy. City of the Century throbs with the pulse of the great city it brilliantly brings to life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780684831381
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 04/03/1997
Series: Illinois
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 704
Sales rank: 393,485
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.90(d)

About the Author

Donald L. Miller is the John Henry MacCracken Professor of History Emeritus at Lafayette College and author of ten books, including Vicksburg, and Masters of the Air, currently being made into a television series by Tom Hanks. He has hosted, coproduced, or served as historical consultant for more than thirty television documentaries and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications.
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