Chicago's greatest year, 1893 : the White City and the birth of a modern metropolis
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Chicago's greatest year, 1893 : the White City and the birth of a modern metropolis
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- Chicago's greatest year, 1893 : the White City and the birth of a modern metropolis
- Title remainder
- the White City and the birth of a modern metropolis
- Statement of responsibility
- Joseph Gustaitis
- Subject
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- Architecture
- Architecture -- Illinois | Chicago -- History
- Architektur
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Biography
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography
- Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875-
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Chicago, Ill
- City and town life
- City and town life -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Civic improvement
- Civic improvement -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- History
- History
- Illinois -- Chicago
- Intellectual life
- Manners and customs
- Since 1800
- Social change
- Social change -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Sozialer Wandel
- Städtebau
- Urbanization
- Urbanization -- Illinois | Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | General
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1893, the 27.5 million visitors to the Chicago World's Fair feasted their eyes on the impressive architecture of the White City, lit at night by thousands of electric lights. In addition to marveling at the revolutionary exhibits, most visitors discovered something else: beyond the fair's 633 acres lay a modern metropolis that rivaled the world's greatest cities. The Columbian Exposition marked Chicago's arrival on the world stage, but even without the splendor of the fair, 1893 would still have been Chicago's greatest year. An almost endless list of achievements took plac
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 977.3/1103
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F548.5
- LC item number
- .G95 2013eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- bibliography
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