ISBN:
9780812294583
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (234 pages).
Series Statement:
American business, politics, and society
Series Statement:
American Business, Politics, and Society Ser
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.2097731109034
Keywords:
Waterfronts-Illinois-Chicago-History-19th century
;
Waterfronts-Illinois-Chicago-History-20th century
;
Land use-Illinois-Chicago-History-19th century
;
Land use-Illinois-Chicago-History-20th century
;
Human ecology-Illinois-Chicago-History-19th century
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Human ecology-Illinois-Chicago-History-20th century
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Waterfronts ; Illinois ; Chicago ; History ; 19th century
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Waterfronts ; Illinois ; Chicago ; History ; 20th century
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Land use ; Illinois ; Chicago ; History ; 19th century
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Land use ; Illinois ; Chicago ; History ; 20th century
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Human ecology ; Illinois ; Chicago ; History ; 19th century
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Human ecology ; Illinois ; Chicago ; History ; 20th century
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Abstract:
In the nineteenth century, politicians transformed a disease-infested bog on the shore of Lake Michigan into an intensely managed waterscape supporting the life and economy of Chicago. Liquid Capital shows how Chicago's waterfront became both an economic hub and the site of many precedent-setting decisions about public land use.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction. State Power and the Rise of Chicago -- Chapter 1. Making a River Run Through It -- Chapter 2. The Legal Construction of Free Marketplaces -- Chapter 3. The Creative Destruction of the Chicago River Harbor -- Chapter 4. Beauty and the Crisis of Commercial Civilization -- Chapter 5. A Public Pier for Pleasure and Profit -- Epilogue. A Waterscape for the New Millennium -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-221) and index. Description based on print version record
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