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20 Years at Hull House 20 Years at Hull House Jane Addams Jane Addams's narrative of life in an immigrant urban neighborhood provides students with an introduction to the issues of the Progressive era and the tenets of social activism. This new teaching edi… OL1106688W
The Memorial Day Massacre and the movement for industrial democracy The Memorial Day Massacre and the movement for industrial democracy Dennis, Michael "This book explores one of the most dramatic and scandalous events in the movement for American democratic reform. Dubbed the Memorial Day Massacre, it saw Chicago police shoot and kill ten demonstra… OL15443837W
Rising up from Indian country Rising up from Indian country Ann Durkin Keating A history of Chicago from 1754 to 1833 with respect to the indigenous population (Potawatomi, Miami and others) the United States (the Army, militias and settlers) and third parties (traders, trapper… OL16532316W
City of scoundrels City of scoundrels Gary Krist Documents the harrowing twelve-day period in Chicago in 1919 during which a blimp crash, a race riot, a crippling transit strike, and a sensational child murder case challenged the city's modernizati… OL16643798W
Negroland Negroland Margo Jefferson Born in upper-crust black Chicago—her father was for years head of pediatrics at Provident, at the time the nation’s oldest black hospital; her mother was a socialite—Margo Jefferson has spent most o… OL17617055W
The third coast The third coast Tom Dyja Much of what defined the nation as it grew into a superpower was produced in Chicago. Before air travel overtook trains, nearly every coast-to coast journey included a stop there, and this flow of pe… OL19665500W
A few red drops A few red drops Claire Hartfield A compelling look at the Chicago race riot of 1919, a crisis in the history of race relations that is echoed in today's headlines. OL19727637W
Empire of deception Empire of deception Dean Jobb "It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. Speakeasies thrived, gang war shootings announced Al Capone's rise to underworld … OL19999544W
Chicago Chicago Daniel Block Chicago began as a frontier town on the edge of white settlement and diverse indigenous populations. In this environment, cultures mixed, and many of the storefront ethnic restaurants catered specifi… OL20022432W
A people's history of Chicago A people's history of Chicago Kevin Coval Coval's poems celebrate the history of Chicago from the perspective of those on the margins, those whose stories often go untold. In doing so he honors the everyday lives and enduring resistance of t… OL20058433W
Skyscraper Skyscraper Dan Cruickshank 1 volume : 20 cm OL21155977W
On this day in Chicago history On this day in Chicago history John R. Schmidt "Explore the history of Chicago throughout the year with daily entries of historical anecdotes"-- OL23332404W
Fire strikes the Chicago Stock Yards Fire strikes the Chicago Stock Yards John F. Hogan "Wade into the endless smoke of Chicago Union Stock Yards, the site of nearly three hundred extra-alarm fires before its closure in 1971, including some of the most disastrous conflagrations of a cit… OL23395347W
Chicago's Maxwell Street Chicago's Maxwell Street Lore Grove,Laura Kamedulski,Lori Grove Presents a collection of photographs that depict the history of Maxwell Street in Chicago. OL24158604W
Chicago's monuments, markers, and memorials Chicago's monuments, markers, and memorials John Graf,Steve Skorpad Collects black-and-white, annotated photographs that provide an overview of the monuments, markers, and memorials of Chicago, Illinois. OL24533972W
Wrigley Field Wrigley Field Stuart Shea A chronicle of Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs baseball stadium. How the stadium evolved to meet the shifting priorities of owners and changing demands of fans. The debates over its future, its desig… OL5713326W
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 Kay Melchisedech Olson,Charles Barnett III,Phil Miller In graphic novel format, tells the story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, an inferno that forever changed the city's skyline. OL5716995W
Portraits of Our Past Portraits of Our Past Emily C. Rose "Author Emily Rose grew up looking at two large oil portraits hanging above the fireplace mantel in her grandfather's home in New York City. Her Jewish ancestors had immigrated to America from German… OL7832389W
Chihuly Chihuly Donald B. Kuspit,Kathryn Kanjo,Mark McDonnell,Ill.) Garfield Park Conservatory (Chicago,Lisa C. Roberts,Dale Chihuly,Barbara Rose Al meer dan vijftig jaar maakt de Amerikaanse kunstenaar Dale Chihuly betoverende, spectaculaire en expressieve creaties van glas. Zijn stijl is herkenbaar door het gebruik van organische vormen, lev… OL894602W
Chicago History for Kids Chicago History for Kids Owen Hurd From the Native Americans who lived in the Chicago area for thousands of years, to the first European explorers Marquette and Jolliet, to the 2005 Chicago White Sox World Series win, parents, teacher… OL9164876W
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