Chicago, metropolis of the mid-continent.
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| Author / Creator: | Cutler, Irving. |
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| Imprint: | [Chicago] Geographic Society of Chicago [1973] |
| Description: | 128 pages illustrations 29 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1986114 |
Table of Contents:
- History of the Geographic Society of Chicago / by John T. McCutcheon, Jr.
- Introduction. Yesterday and today ; Chicago's geographic attributes.
- The physical setting. In the beginning ; Effect of the glaciers ; The lake plain ; After the glaciers ; The Chicago River ; The Calumet River ; The drainage pattern ; Vegetation ; The climate.
- The evolution of Chicago. Early settlement ; Town and city ; The street pattern ; Mudhole of the prairies ; The fire ; Rebuilding and further expansion ; From fair to fair.
- People and settlement patterns. Source of early settlers ; European immigrants ; The ethnic checkerboard ; Recent migration ; Socio-economic patterns.
- The economy of Chicago. Early industry ; The Union Stock Yards ; Pullman ; Present industry ; Wholesale and retail trade ; Organized industrial districts ; The Calumet industrial complex ; The changing role of the central business district ; Cultural and recreational facilities.
- Transportation
- external and internal. From portage to world port ; The modern port of Chicago ; The railroads spin a web ; Road transportation ; Air transportation ; Internal transportation.
- Expansion of the Chicago metropolitan area. Suburban growth ; Suburban characteristics ; North suburban growth patterns ; West suburban growth patterns ; South suburban growth patterns ; The rural-urban fringe ; Midwest megalopolis.
- Planning for the future. Problems and principles ; The Burnham plan ; Recent Chicago planning ; Planning for the metropolitan area ; The challenge.
- Facts about Chicago.
- Chicago firsts.