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when Chicago built the American dream

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An edition of The third coast (2013)

The third coast

when Chicago built the American dream

by and

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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 people and commodities made it America's central clearinghouse, laboratory, and factory. And even as Chicago led the way in creating mass-market culture, its artists pushed back in their own distinct voices. Chicago native Thomas Dyja re-creates the story of the city in its postwar prime and explains its profound impact on modern America.

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The Penguin Press
Language
English
Pages
508

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Social conditions Intellectual life Relations History Chicago (ill.), history Chicago (ill.), social conditions New York Times reviewed

Places

Chicago (Ill.) United States Illinois Chicago

Times

20th century
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The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream
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Table of Contents

Pt. 1: Pre-1945. The brick is another teacher ; We were part of them ; Washed up on a favorable shore ; The ideal world of Mr. Hutchins
Pt. 2: 1945-1949. The chaos of our conceptions ; Believers in the city ; A discovered beauty ; Until my change comes ; A local youth in love ; Let me do one by myself ; A fresh time ; The balance of power ; This program came to you from Chicago ; A city of slightbrows
Pt. 3: 1950-1954. Stand up and be counted ; Living separate lives ; Nobody knows my name ; The lonely crowd ; Convention summer ; Playwrights and playboys ; Chicagsky temp
Pt. 4: 1955. A family man for a family city ; The blues have a baby ; American hungers ; Theater without heroes ; What kind of world do we live in? ; We like it this way
Pt. 5: 1956-1960. Chicago dynamic ; Beta people for a beta world ; Gaining a moon and losing ourselves ; Will somebody please listen to me today! ; The realm of the unreal
Epilogue: In Chicago for my forever.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-488) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
977.3/11043
Library of Congress
F548.52 .D95 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxiv, 508 pages
Number of pages
508

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL26884458M
ISBN 10
1594204322
ISBN 13
9781594204326
LCCN
2012039710
OCLC/WorldCat
796756318

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Work ID
OL19665500W

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