Chicagoland : city and suburbs in the railroad age
(2005)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Local History/Genealogy/977.31/KEATING,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005
DESCRIPTION
x, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0226428796 (cloth : alk. paper), 0226428826 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Regionalism in the railroad era. -- Chicagoland before the railroad. -- Farm centers of the railroad age. -- Industrial towns of the railroad age. -- Commuter suburbs of the railroad age. -- Recreational and institutional centers of the railroad age. -- Regionalism through neighbors and over time. -- The legacy of the railroad era in Chicagoland. -- Appendix: Regional tours and selected sites