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Popular culture and the enduring myth of Chicago, 1871-1968
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Title
Popular culture and the enduring myth of Chicago, 1871-1968 / Lisa Krissoff Boehm.
ISBN
0203335430
0415949297
0415996651
1135932514
1135932557
1135932565
1280302518
6610302510
9780203335437
9780415949293
9780415996655
9781135932510
9781135932558
9781135932565
9781280302510
9786610302512
0415949297
Published
New York : Routledge, 2004.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxvi, 236 pages) : illustrations
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Notes
English.
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Summary
This book is an examination of the image of Chicago in American popular culture between the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and Chicago's 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Boehm, Lisa Krissoff, 1969- Popular culture and the enduring myth of Chicago, 1871-1968. New York : Routledge, 2004
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Studies in American popular history and culture
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-225) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Chicago, the infamous city
Do you wonder Chicago burned? The Great Chicago Fire and the launching of Chicago's national reputation
The new city of the New World: Fin-de-siecle Chicago and its fairs
Turbulent mistress of the West: Popular images of Chicago in the Progressive Era
All the world is waiting for the sunrise: A Century of Progress and the national image of Chicago
Infamous city: Chicago and the reworking of reality in American popular culture
The end of the myth: Chicago in the tumultuous 1960s.
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