Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. Writing an Urban Biography 1
4. 1. Location, Location, Location! 7
5. 2. Emporium of the West 37
6. 3. The Era of Urban Chaos 69
7. 4. Reacting to Chaos: Pullman, the West Side, and the Loop 111
8. 5. The Progressive and Not So Progressive City 149
9. 6. The Immigrant Capital and World War I 183
10. 7. Twentieth-Century Metropolis 215
11. 8. Years of Crises: Depression and War 249
12. 9. Chicago after the War: Changing Times 287
13. 10. Daley’s City 323
14. 11. Apocalypse “Now” or Regeneration? 359
15. Conclusion. Transforming Chicago and America 403
16. Acknowledgments 411
17. Notes 413
18. Index 435