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Digitizing Immigrant And Homeland Letters: Problems And Opportunities, Dominic Pacyga
Digitizing Immigrant And Homeland Letters: Problems And Opportunities, Dominic Pacyga
Dominic Pacyga
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Chicago: A Biography, Dominic Pacyga
Chicago: A Biography, Dominic Pacyga
Dominic Pacyga
Chicago has been called by many names. Nelson Algren declared it a “City on the Make.” Carl Sandburg dubbed it the “City of Big Shoulders.” Upton Sinclair christened it “The Jungle,” while New Yorkers, naturally, pronounced it “the Second City.”
At last there is a book for all of us, whatever we choose to call Chicago. In this magisterial biography, historian Dominic Pacyga traces the storied past of his hometown, from the explorations of Joliet and Marquette in 1673 to the new wave of urban pioneers today. The city’s great industrialists, reformers, and politicians—and, indeed, the many not-so-great and downright …
Responding To The Second Ghetto: Chicago's Joe Smith And Sin Corner, Dominic Pacyga
Responding To The Second Ghetto: Chicago's Joe Smith And Sin Corner, Dominic Pacyga
Dominic Pacyga
World War Two and its aftermath transformed Chicago's African American community. The Great Migration entered a second and more intense phase as black migrants flooded into Northern cities. This massive relocation of Southern blacks resulted in the expansion and reformulation of Chicago's ghettoes on both the West and South Sides of the city. The question of a response to this Second Ghetto from African Americans themselves presents itself. White politicians, cultural elites and businessmen still controlled the city and could impose their will on its neighborhoods simply redrawing ghetto boundaries to reflect the new realities of the postwar era. The …
Crossing The Boundary Between Academia And Neighborhood: Steel Mills, Stockyards, Bungalows, And The Public Historian, Dominic Pacyga
Crossing The Boundary Between Academia And Neighborhood: Steel Mills, Stockyards, Bungalows, And The Public Historian, Dominic Pacyga
Dominic Pacyga
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The Murder Of Alvin Palmer: Polish Americans, Assimilation, Juvenile Delinquency, And Racial Violence In 1950s Chicago, Dominic Pacyga
The Murder Of Alvin Palmer: Polish Americans, Assimilation, Juvenile Delinquency, And Racial Violence In 1950s Chicago, Dominic Pacyga
Dominic Pacyga
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Chicago, City Of Neighborhoods: Histories And Tours, Dominic Pacyga, Ellen Skerrett
Chicago, City Of Neighborhoods: Histories And Tours, Dominic Pacyga, Ellen Skerrett
Dominic Pacyga
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Chicago: A Historical Guide To Neighborhoods, Dominic Pacyga, Glen Holt
Chicago: A Historical Guide To Neighborhoods, Dominic Pacyga, Glen Holt
Dominic Pacyga
No abstract provided.