Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
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
Writers of the Black Chicago renaissance Writers of the Black Chicago renaissance Steven C. Tracy "This volume explores the contours and content of the Black Chicago Renaissance. A movement crafted in the crucible of rigid racial segregation in Chicago's "Black Belt" from the 1930s through the 19… OL16597122W
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
Constructing social reality Constructing social reality Loretta J. Brunious "This book examines how black children who grow up in an impoverished environment construct their social reality, and how this process influences their perception and creation of self. It argues that… OL1914936W
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
High-risers High-risers Ben Austen Braids personal narratives, city politics, and national history to tell the timely and epic story of Chicago's Cabrini-Green, America's most iconic public housing project. Built in the 1940s atop an … OL19754125W
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
There goes the neighborhood There goes the neighborhood Wilson, William J.,Richard P. Taub Using first-person narratives and interviews throughout, There Goes the Neighborhood gives voice to attitudes and realities few Americans are willing to look at. Their findings lay bare a disturbing … OL20546420W
A cord of three strands A cord of three strands Soo Hong How can low-income, non-English-speaking parents become advocates, leaders, and role models in their children's schools? A Cord of Three Strands offers a close study of the Logan Square Neighborhood … OL20547426W