October Cities: The Redevelopment of Urban Literature

by Carlo Rotella

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Returning to his native Chicago after World War II, Nelson Algren found a city transformed. The flourishing industry, culture, and literature that had placed prewar Chicago at center stage in American life were entering a time of crisis. The middle class and economic opportunity were leaving the inner city, and Black Southerners arriving in Chicago found themselves increasingly estranged from the nation's economic and cultural resources. For Algren,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520211448

ISBN13:9780520211445

Release Date:May 1998

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"

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Americas City Planning & Urban Development Classics Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science

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