1. Chicago, the Mighty City

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. List of Tables ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction: The Metropolitan Production System 1
7. Section I. Building the industrial metropolis
8. 1. Chicago, the Mighty City 21
9. 2. The Suburban Solution 45
10. 3. Four Factory Districts, 1860–1940 69
11. 4. The Shifting Geography of Metropolitan Employment: Starts, Additions, & Moves 90
12. Section II. Networking the industrial metropolis
13. 5. The Metropolitan Geography of Firm Linkages, 1872–1901 117
14. 6. Forging the Calumet District, 1880–1940 141
15. 7. Chicago’s Planned Industrial Districts: Clearing and the Central Manufacturing District 167
16. 8. Networked Space: The Connected Metropolis in the 1920s 189
17. 9. Manufacturing Production Chains and Wholesaling 215
18. 10. Local Production Practices and Inter-Firm Linkages: Chicago’s Automotive Industry, 1900–1940 244
19. Conclusion 269
20. Appendix: Bankruptcy Records, 1872–1928 287
21. Notes 291
22. Index 341