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General Chicago History
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| A Wild Kind of Boldness: The Chicago History Reader |
Rosemary Adams, ed. |
1998 |
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| Chicago and the American Century: The 100 Most Significant
Chicagoans of the Twentieth Century |
Richard F. Ciccone |
1997 |
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| City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America |
Donald L. Miller |
1997 |
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| City of Broad Shoulders: A History of Chicago |
Robert G. Spinney |
2000 |
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| Chicago Days: 150 Defining Moments in the Life of a Great City |
Stevenson Swanson, ed. |
1997 |
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Popular Culture
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| Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series |
Eliot Asinof |
2000 |
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| Challenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920 |
Perry R. Duis |
1998 |
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| The Saloon: Public Drinking in Chicago and Boston, 1880-1920 |
Perry R. Duis |
1999 |
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| We've Got a Job to Do: Chicagoans and World War II |
Perry R. Duis and Scott LaFrance |
1992 |
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| Windy City Wars: Labor, Leisure, and Sport in the Making of Chicago |
Gerald R. Gems |
1997 |
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| Chaos, Creativity, and Culture: A Sampling of Chicago in the
Twentieth Century |
Kenan Heise |
1998 |
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| Chicago by Gaslight: A History of Chicago's Netherworld, 1880-1920 |
Richard C. Lindberg |
1995 |
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| Chicago Jazz: A Cultural History, 1904-1930 |
William Howland Kenney |
1994 |
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| For the Love of Pleasure: Women, Movies, and Culture in
Turn-of-the-Century Chicago |
Lauren Rabinowitz |
1998 |
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| Inventing the Public Enemy: The Gangster in American Culture,
1918-1934 |
David E. Ruth |
1996 |
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| The History of Beer and Brewing in Chicago: 1833-1978 |
Bob Skilnik |
1999 |
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| Riverview: Gone, but Not Forgotten |
Chuck Wlodarczyk |
1986 |
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Chicago Neighborhoods
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| Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in the City |
St. Clair Drake |
1993 |
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| Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago, 1940-1960 |
Arnold R. Hirsch |
1998 |
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| Chicago's Southeast Side (Images of America Series) |
Dominic Pacyga |
1998 |
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| Families Against the City: Middle-Class Homes of Industrial
Chicago, 1872-1890 |
Richard Sennett |
1974 |
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| Back of the Yards: The Making of Local Democracy |
Robert A. Slayton |
1990 |
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| At Home in the Loop: How Clout and Community Built Chicago's
Dearborn Park |
Lois Wille |
1998 |
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| The Gold Coast and the Slum: A Sociological Study of Chicago's Near
North Side |
Harvey Warren Zorbaugh |
1983 |
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Labor and Industry
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| Work and Community in the Jungle: Chicago's Packinghouse Workers,
1894-1922 |
James R. Barrett |
1987 |
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| Pullman: An Experiment in Industrial Order and Community Planning,
1880-1930 |
Stanley Buder |
1997 |
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| Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939 |
Lizabeth Cohen |
1992 |
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| Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West |
William Cronon |
1992 |
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| Autobiographies of the Haymarket Martyrs |
Philip S. Foner, ed. |
1978 |
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| WCFL: Chicago's Voice of Labor, 1926-78 |
Nathan Godfried |
1997 |
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| Down on the Killing Floor: Black and White Workers in Chicago's
Packinghouses, 1904-54 |
Rick Halpern |
1997 |
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| Pride in the Jungle: Community and Everyday Life in
Back of Yards Chicago |
Thomas J. Jablonsky |
1993 |
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| Polish Immigrants and Industrial Chicago: Workers on the South
Side, 1880-1922 |
Dominic Pacyga |
1991 |
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| Labor and Urban Politics: Class Conflict and the Origins of Modern
Liberalism in Chicago, 1864-97 |
Richard Schneirov |
1998 |
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| Chicago's Pride: The Stockyards, Packingtown, and Environs in the
Nineteenth Century |
Louise C. Wade |
1986 |
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Immigrants and Ethnic Communities
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| Swedish American Life in Chicago: Cultural and Urban Aspects of an
Immigrant People, 1850-1930 |
Philip J. Anderson, ed. |
1992 |
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| Italians in Chicago (Images of America Series) |
Dominic Candeloro |
1999 |
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| Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939 |
Lizabeth Cohen |
1992 |
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| The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb |
Irving Cutler |
1995 |
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| Jewish Chicago: A Pictorial History |
Irving Cutler |
2000 |
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| Opposite Poles: Immigrants and Ethnics in Polish Chicago, 1976-1990 |
Mary Patrice Erdmans |
1998 |
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| Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portrait |
Melvin G. Holli, ed. |
1995 |
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| German Chicago: The Danube Swabians and the American Aid Societies
(Images of America Series) |
Melvin G. Holli |
1999 |
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| Polish-American Politics in Chicago, 1888-1940 |
Edward R. Kantowicz |
1975 |
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| What Parish Are You From? A Chicago Irish Community and Race
Relations |
Eileen M. McMahon |
1996 |
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| Italians in Chicago, 1880-1930: A Study in Ethnic Mobility |
Humbert S. Nelli |
1973 |
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| Polish Catholics in Chicago, 1850-1920: a Religious History |
Joseph John Parot |
1982 |
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African-Americans
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| The Negro in Chicago: a Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot in
1919 |
Chicago Commission on Race Relations |
1978 |
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| Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in the City |
St. Clair Drake |
1993 |
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| Black Power, White Control: The Struggle of the Woodlawn
Organization in Chicago |
John Hall Fish |
1973 |
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| Bitter Fruit: Black Politics and the Chicago Machine, 1931-1991 |
William J. Grimshaw |
1995 |
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| Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration |
James R. Grossman |
1991 |
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| Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago, 1940-1960 |
Arnold R. Hirsch |
1998 |
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| Toward a Tenderer Humanity and a Nobler Womanhood :
African-American Women's Clubs in Turn-Of-The-Century Chicago |
Anne Meis Knupfer |
1996 |
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| The Promised Land: the Great Black Migration and How It Changed
America |
Nicholas Lemann |
1992 |
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| Popular Fronts: Chicago and African-American Cultural Politics,
1935-46 |
Bill V. Mullen |
1999 |
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| The Slum and the Ghetto: Immigrants, Blacks, and Reformers in
Chicago, 1880-1930 |
Thomas L. Philpott |
1991 |
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| The Chicago NAACP and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership,
1910-1966 |
Christopher Robert Reed |
1997 |
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| Black Chicago: the Making of a Negro Ghetto, 1890-1920 |
Allan H. Spear |
1979 |
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| Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919 |
William M. Tuttle |
1996 |
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Politics and Mayors
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| A House for All Peoples: Ethnic Politics in Chicago, 1890-1936 |
John M. Alswang |
1971 |
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| Big City Boss in Depression and War: Mayor Edward J. Kelly of
Chicago |
Roger Biles |
1984 |
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| Richard J. Daley: Politics Race and the Governing of Chicago |
Roger Biles |
1995 |
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| Big Bill Thompson, Chicago, and the Politics of Image |
Douglas Bukowski |
1997 |
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| American Pharoah: Mayor Richard J. Daley: His Battle for Chicago
and the Nation |
Adam Cohen and Elizabeth Taylor |
2000 |
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| The Mayors: the Chicago Political Tradition |
Melvin G. Holli, ed. |
1995 |
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| Chicago: A View of City Hall (Images of America Series) |
Melvin G. Holli |
1998 |
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| Chicago Divided: The Making of a Black Mayor |
Paul Kleppner |
1985 |
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| Beyond the Martyrs: A Social History of Chicago's Anarchists,
1870-1900 |
Bruce C. Nelson |
1988 |
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| Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago |
Mike Royko |
1998 |
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| Harold, the People's Mayor: The Authorized Biography of Mayor
Harold Washington |
Dempsey Travis |
1989 |
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Architecture and the Built Environment
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| Constructing Chicago |
Daniel M. Bluestone |
1993 |
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| The Architects and the City: Holabird and Roche of Chicago,
1880-1919 |
Robert Bruegmann |
1997 |
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| Plan of Chicago |
Daniel Burnham |
1992 |
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| The Chicago School of Architecture: A History of Commercial and
Public Building in the Chicago Area, 1875-1925 |
Carl W. Condit |
1973 |
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| Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West |
William Cronon |
1992 |
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| Property Rules: Political Economy in Chicago, 1833-1872 |
Robin L. Einhorn |
1991 |
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| Louis Sullivan and the Chicago School |
Nancy Frazier |
1999 |
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| Perfect Cities: Chicago's Utopias of 1893 |
James Gilbert |
1993 |
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| A Guide to Chicago's Murals |
Mary Lackritz Gray |
2001 |
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| Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner |
Thomas S. Hines |
1991 |
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| Frank Lloyd Wright and Midway Gardens |
Paul Kruty |
1998 |
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| An Early Encounter with Tomorrow: Europeans, Chicago's Loop, and
the World's Columbian Exposition |
Arnold Lewis |
2001 |
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| Lost Chicago |
David Garrard Lowe |
2000 |
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| Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis |
Harold M. Mayer and Richard C. Wade |
1973 |
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| South Shore: The Last Interurban |
William D. Middleton |
1999 |
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| The "L": The Development of Chicago's Rapid Transit
System, 1888-1932 |
Bruce G. Moffat |
1995 |
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| The Electric City: Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area,
1880-1930 |
Harold L. Platt |
1991 |
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| Carson, Pirie, Scott: Louis Sullivan and the Chicago Department
Store |
Joseph Siry |
1989 |
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| Chicago's North Michigan Avenue: Planning and Development,
1900-1930 |
John W. Stamper |
1991 |
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| The Man-Made City: The Land-Use Confidence Game in Chicago |
Gerald D. Suttles |
1990 |
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| Forever Open, Clear, and Free: The Struggle for Chicago's Lakefront |
Lois Wille |
1991 |
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| Form Follows Finance: Skyscrapers and Skylines in New York and
Chicago |
Carol Willis |
1995 |
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| Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History |
David M. Young |
1999 |
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Gender and Sexuality
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| Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform: Mothers' Pensions in
Chicago, 1911-1929 |
Joanne L. Goodwin |
1997 |
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| Toward a Tenderer Humanity and a Nobler Womanhood :
African-American Women's Clubs in Turn-Of-The-Century Chicago |
Anne Meis Knupfer |
1996 |
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| Women Adrift: Independent Wage Earners in Chicago, 1880-1930 |
Joanne Meyerowitz |
1991 |
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| Interzones: Black/White Sex Districts in Chicago and New York in
the Early Twentieth Century |
Kevin J. Mumford |
1997 |
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| For the Love of Pleasure: Women, Movies, and Culture in
Turn-of-the-Century Chicago |
Lauren Rabinowitz |
1998 |
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| The Women of Hull House: A Study in Spirituality, Vocation, and
Friendship |
Eleanor J. Stebner |
1997 |
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Major Schools and Institutions
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| The University of Illinois at Chicago: A Pictorial History |
Fred W. Buettler, et al. |
2000 |
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| The Grain Traders: The Story of the Chicago Board of Trade |
William G. Ferris |
1988 |
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| A History of the University of Chicago: The First Quarter-Century |
Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed |
1973 |
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| Decision-Making Chicago-Style: The Genesis of a University of
Illinois Campus |
George Rosen |
1980 |
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| DePaul University: Centennial Essays and Images |
John L. Rury |
1998 |
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| Give the Lady What She Wants: The Story of Marshall Field &
Company |
George Wendt |
1952 |
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Sports and Recreation
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| Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series |
Eliot Asinof |
2000 |
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| Shoeless: The Life and Times of Joe Jackson |
David L. Fleitz |
2001 |
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| Windy City Wars: Labor, Leisure, and Sport in the Making of Chicago |
Gerald R. Gems |
1997 |
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| Chicago's Parks: A Photographic History (Images of America Series) |
John C. Graf |
2000 |
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| Hockey Chicago Style: History of the Chicago Blackhawks |
Paul Greenland |
1995 |
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| Say It Ain't So, Joe! TheTrue Story of Shoeless Joe Jackson |
Donald Gropman |
1999 |
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| The White Sox Encyclopedia (Baseball Encyclopedias of North
America) |
Richard C. Lindberg |
1997 |
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| Black Baseball in Chicago (Black America Series) |
Lester Miller, et al. |
2000 |
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| Bury My Heart at Wrigley Field: The History of the Chicago Cubs |
Larry Names |
1996 |
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| Cubs Collection: 100 Years of Chicago Cubs |
Mark Stang |
2001 |
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| Chicago Blackhawks: Seventy-Five Years |
Bob Verdi |
2000 |
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| White Sox: The Illustrated Story |
Richard Whittingham |
1997 |
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World's Fairs
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| Chicago World's Fair of 1893: A Photographic Record |
Stanley Appelbaum |
1980 |
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| The Great American Fair: The World's Columbian Exposition and
American Culture |
Reid Badger |
1979 |
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| Chicago's White City of 1893 |
David F. Burg |
1979 |
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| The Fair Women: The Story of the Women's Building, World's
Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 |
Jeanne Madeline |
1981 |
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| Celebrating the New World: Chicago's Columbian Exposition of 1893 |
Robert Muccigrosso |
1993 |
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| "All the World Is Here!" The Black Presence at White City |
Christopher Robert Reed |
2000 |
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| World of Fairs: The Century-of-Progress Expositions |
Robert W. Rydell |
1993 |
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Travel Books
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| Access Chicago |
Access Press |
1999 |
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| Chicago on Foot: Walking Tours of Chicago's Architecture |
Ira J. Bach |
1994 |
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| Frommer's Memorable Walks in Chicago |
Frommer's |
1998 |
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| Insight Guide Chicago |
Tim Harper, ed. |
1999 |
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| AIA Guide to Chicago |
Alice Sinkevitch, ed. |
1993 |
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| Chicago In and Around the Loop: Walking Tours of Architecture and
History |
Gerard R. Wolfe |
1996 |
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Movies set in Jazz Age Chicago
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| Carrie |
Movie adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's classic novel
about a young, unmarried woman struggling to survive in Chicago and New
York City. Starring Laurence Olivier and Jennifer Jones. |
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| Compulsion |
Drama based on the 1924 trial of teenaged thrill
murderers Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Starring Orson Welles. 1959. |
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| Native Son |
Movie adaptation of the classic Richard Wright novel
about a young African-American man whose life in 1930s Chicago gradually
slips from his control. Co-produced for the PBS series, "American
Playhouse." |
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| Saint Valentine's Day Massacre |
Film about the bloody gangland massacre. Starring Jason
Robards and George Segal. |
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| Studs Lonigan |
Movie adaptation of the classic James T. Farrell novel
about a restless young man from Chicago's South Side. |
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Chicago History Documentaries
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| Al Capone: The Untouchable Legend |
Documentary about the rise and fall of Chicago's most
legendary gangster. |
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| America's Castles: Windy City |
This video tours three of the Chicago area's classic
mansions, including those of Tribune publisher Robert McCormick
and Vice President Charles Dawes. An A&E production. 50 mins. |
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| Biography: Al Capone, Scarface |
This documentary about Chicago's most legendary
gangster was produced for the A&E Network's well-known "Biography"
series. |
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| Biography: Marshall Field |
This documentary explores the life of department store
magnate, Marshall Field. Produced for the A&E Network's well-known "Biography"
series. |
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World Series Fix: The Black Sox Scandal
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This video retells the history of how the Chicago White
Sox fixed the 1919 World Series in baseball. An A&E production. 50
mins. 1996 |
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