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 Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief, Carl Smith explores the imaginative dimensions of these events as...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226764249

ISBN13:9780226764245

Release Date:November 2007

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:407 Pages

Weight:0.98 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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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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