Urban disorder and the shape of belief : the Great Chicago Fire, the Haymarket bomb, and the model town of Pullman /

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Author / Creator:	Smith, Carl S.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 395 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Disasters -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century. Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871. Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886. Pullman Strike, 1894. Disasters. Social conditions Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions. Illinois -- Chicago. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12664611

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ISBN:	9780226764252 0226764257 0226764168 0226764176 9780226764177 9780226764160
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-379) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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 linked city, disorder, and social reality in the minds of Americans. Studying a remarkable range of writings and illustrations, as well as p.
Other form:	Print version: Smith, Carl S. Urban disorder and the shape of belief. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995 0226764168 9780226764160

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