Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs: A Historical Guide by Ann Durkin Keating (Eng

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Charts Chicago's evolution with comprehensive, cross-referenced entries on the seventy-seven community areas, along with many suburbs and neighborhoods, from Albany Park to Zion. This book explores how the city's communities have changed and grown throughout the years.

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"Which neighborhood?" It's one of the first questions you're asked when you move to Chicago. And the answer you give—be it Bucktown, Bronzeville, or Bridgeport—can give your inquisitor a good idea of who you are, especially in a metropolis with 230 very different neighborhoods and suburbs to choose from. Many of us, in fact, know little of the neighborhoods beyond those where we work, play, and live. This is especially true in Chicagoland, a region that spans over 4,400 square miles and is home to more than 9.5 million residents. In Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs, historian Ann Durkin Keating sheds new light on twenty-first-century Chicago by providing a captivating yet compact guide to the Midwest's largest city. Keating charts Chicago's evolution with comprehensive, cross-referenced entries on all seventy-seven community areas, along with many suburbs and neighborhoods both extant and long forgotten, from Albany Park to Zion. Thoughtful interpretive essays by urban historians Michael Ebner, Henry Binford, Janice Reiff, Susan Hirsch, and Robert Bruegmann explore how the city's communities have changed and grown throughout the years, and sixty historic and contemporary photographs and additional maps add depth to each entry. From the South Side to the West Side to the North Side, just about every local knows how distinctive Chicago's neighborhoods are. Few of us, however, know exactly how they came to be. Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs brings the city—its inimitable neighborhoods, industries, and individuals—to life, making it the perfect guidebook for anyone with an interest in Chicago and its history.

Author Biography

Ann Durkin Keating is professor of history at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. She is coeditor of The Encyclopedia of Chicago and the author of Chicagoland: City and Suburbs in the Railroad Age, Building Chicago: Suburban Developers and the Creation of a Divided Metropolis, and Invisible Networks: Exploring the History of Local Utilities and Public Works.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction Chicago Neighborhoods: Building Blocks of the Region, Ann Durkin Keating Note on Further Readings Maps Chicago's Community Areas Economic Origins of Metropolitan Chicago's Communities Chicago's Evolving Economic Geography Land Subdivision and Urbanization on Chicago's Northwest Side Chicago-Area Expressways in 23 Neighborhood Change: Prairie Avenue, 1853-23 Changing Origins of Metropolitan Chicago's Foreign-Born Population Annexations and Additions to the City of Chicago Chicago's Railroad Patterns in 1950 The Lay of the Land Suburbs and Cities as Dual Metropolis, Michael H. Ebner Multicentered Chicago, Henry C. Binford Contested Spaces, Janice L. Reiff Economic Geography, Susan E. Hirsch Built Environment of the Chicago Region, Robert Bruegmann A-Z entries Illustration Credits Index

Review

"In our ideal reference world, there would be an encyclopedia like this one for every great American city. The Encyclopedia of Chicago is a superb ready-reference work on Chicago, a good starting point for students doing research, and a wonderful book to browse through." - Booklist "The Encyclopedia of Chicago is no mere collection of fun facts. It is a work of stunning scholarly achievement.... This is a work of depth and gravity, written largely by scholars but aimed at the intelligent regular Joe, an approach that becomes self-evident in the first ten pages." - Tom McNamee, Chicago Sun-Times"

Review Quote

"What's McHenry's salty past? The village was home to a pickle factory in 1876. What was an Oak Brook gristmill's secret identity before the Civil War? It was a stop on the Underground Railroad. All these factoids and more can be found by dipping into Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs, a new historical guide edited by North Central College's Ann Durkin Keating."-Marni Pyke, Daily Herald

Details ISBN0226428834 Short Title CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS Language English ISBN-10 0226428834 ISBN-13 9780226428833 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2008 Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle A Historical Guide Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States Edited by Ann Durkin Keating Author Ann Durkin Keating DOI 10.1604/9780226428833 AU Release Date 2008-12-01 NZ Release Date 2008-12-01 US Release Date 2008-12-01 UK Release Date 2008-12-01 Pages 344 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Publication Date 2008-12-01 DEWEY 977.311 Audience General We've got this

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