Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief: The Great Chicago Fire, the Haymarket Bomb, and the Model Town of Pullman

by Carl Smith

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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the Haymarket bombing of 1886, and the making and unmaking of the model town of Pullman--these remarkable events in what many considered the quintessential American city forced people across the country to confront the disorder that seemed inevitably to accompany urban growth and social change. In this book, Carl Smith explores the imaginative dimensions of these events as he traces the evolution of beliefs that increasingly...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226764176

ISBN13:9780226764177

Release Date:June 1996

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:403 Pages

Weight:1.55 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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19th Century History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Affairs & Policy Social Science Social Sciences Social Services & Welfare Sociology State & Local Textbooks Urban

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