The iron horse and the windy city : how railroads shaped Chicago
(2005)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
385/YOUNG,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Dekalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2005]
©2005
©2005
DESCRIPTION
ix, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0875803342 (clothbound : alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Before the iron horse -- Arrival of the railroads -- Critical mass -- Bypassing Chicago -- Shaping Chicago -- The suburbs -- Travelers and terminals -- The bottleneck -- The railroad supply industry -- Dominance, reform, and regulation -- Railroad crossings -- Decline and decentralization -- Liquidation, consolidation, and diversification -- Redevelopment