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Metropolis of the Mid-Continent, 4th Edition

By: Irving Cutler, James F Marran (Foreword by)

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Paperback | 21 June 2006 | Edition Number 4

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"Chicago"": Metropolis of the Mid-Continent" provides a comprehensive portrayal of the growth and development of Chicago from the mudhole of the prairie to today's world-class city. This completely revised fourth edition skillfully weaves together the geography, history, economy, and culture of the city and its suburbs with a special emphasis on the role of the many ethnic and racial groups that comprise the "real Chicago" of its neighborhoods. Cutler demonstrates how the geography of "Chicagoland" and the influx of a diverse population spurred transportation, industrial technology, the economy, and sporadic planning to foster rapid urban growth, which brought both great progress and severe problems.

Through insightful analysis, Cutler also traces the demographic and societal changes to Chicago, critically examining such problems as the environment, education, racial tension, crime, welfare, housing, employment, and transportation. Richly illustrated with nearly three hundred drawings, photos, maps, and tables, the volume includes six appendices with sections dedicated to Chicago facts, population growth and income data, weather and climate, significant dates, and historic sites.

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"Far and away the best brief historical and geographical introduction to the development of the Chicago area." Walter J. Kelly, Metro, Chicago Council for Social Studies

|"For natives and newcomers alike, it has much to say about how the Chicago area took shape through accident, design, and inevitability." Clarence Peterson, Chicago Tribune|

"The best short introduction to Chicago." Frank Jewell, Chicago Historical Society

"Revised, enlarged, updated . . . [the book] can be read with profit by anyone interested in Chicago, the city, or the region." Alden Cutshall, University of Illinois

"Accelerating change demands that the story of a dynamic and influential city be told and retold, each time with a modified or new perspective. . . . It is a scholarly, detailed work, showing not only how Chicago developed but why." George Cohen, Chicago Tribune

"The past and present intricacies of the nation's second largest city are presented by Dr. Cutler in a manner that demonstrates his enormous knowledge of and fondness for the Chicago urban complex." Ronald E. Nelson, Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society

|You might think a book about the historical geography of Chicago would be a bit flat. Luckily, when it comes to Irving Cutler's ""Chicago: Metropolis of the Mid-Continent,"" this is not the case. Instead, Cutler gives us a popular survey of Chicago's ""physical and human processes and phenomena that make it work."" Now in its fourth edition, it offers a detailed look at the city's geography, infrastructure, history of immigration and economy in an attempt to explain how ""Chicago's remarkable population growth--greater than that attained by Paris in twenty centuries--was achieved in the last century and a half.""

This edition features a new section, ""Culture, Education, and Recreation,"" In addition to an overview of the city's many museums and its long literary tradition, this chapter includes a nice summary of the various architectural styles found around Chicago. Cutler looks not only at famous local architects like Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright but also at the residential architectural styles found around Chicago's Bungalow Belt.

While the book is rather scholarly and detailed, it remains accessible to the general reader. It is lavishly illustrated with a large number of original and historical maps. This is a wonderful overview for anyone interested in the geography and development of Chicago.

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Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Yesterday and Today	p. 1
Chicago's Geographic Attributes	p. 1
The Physical Setting	p. 5
In the Beginning	p. 5
Effect of the Glaciers	p. 5
The Lake Plain	p. 7
After the Glaciers	p. 10
The Chicago River	p. 12
The Calumet River	p. 14
The Drainage Pattern	p. 14
The Vegetation	p. 16
The Climate	p. 17
The Evolution of Chicago	p. 21
Early Settlement	p. 21
Town and City	p. 23
The Street Pattern	p. 31
Mudhole of the Prairies	p. 33
The Fire	p. 36
Rebuilding and Further Expansion	p. 39
Protecting the People's Health	p. 41
From Fair to Fair	p. 44
People and Settlement Patterns: The Europeans	p. 49
Sources of Early Settlers	p. 49
European Immigration	p. 51
An Ethnic Checkerboard	p. 53
Recent Population Trends	p. 55
The Irish	p. 58
The Germans	p. 64
The Scandinavians	p. 73
The Jews	p. 81
The Czechs and Slovaks	p. 96
The Poles	p. 105
The Lithuanians	p. 114
The Italians	p. 122
The Greeks	p. 132
The Ukrainians	p. 136
Other European Groups	p. 140
Chicago's European Neighborhoods	p. 150
People and Settlement Patterns: Recent Migration and Trends	p. 155
Population Changes	p. 155
The African Americans	p. 156
The Hispanics	p. 174
The Asians	p. 188
The Native Americans	p. 206
Socioeconomic Patterns	p. 207
Theoretical Internal Arrangement of Chicago	p. 220
The Economy of Chicago	p. 225
Early Industry	p. 225
The Union Stock Yards	p. 227
Pullman	p. 230
Present Industry	p. 234
Wholesale and Retail Trade	p. 240
Organized Industrial Districts and Parks	p. 244
The Calumet Industrial Complex	p. 245
The Changing Role of the Central Business District	p. 252
Culture, Education, and Recreation	p. 265
Recreation Facilities	p. 265
Education	p. 272
The Literary Field	p. 275
Art	p. 280
Music	p. 286
Architecture	p. 291
Transportation: External and Internal	p. 301
From Portage to World Port	p. 301
The Modern Port of Chicago	p. 304
The Railroads Spin a Web	p. 309
Road Transportation	p. 315
Pipelines	p. 321
Air Transportation	p. 321
The CTA and Its Predecessors	p. 325
Pace, the Suburban Bus System	p. 332
Metra, the Commuter Rail System	p. 333
Transportation Trends	p. 336
Expansion of the Chicago Metropolitan Area	p. 339
Suburban Growth	p. 339
Suburban Characteristics	p. 343
North Suburban Growth Patterns	p. 347
West Suburban Growth Patterns	p. 355
South Suburban Growth Patterns	p. 358
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore	p. 363
Regional Shopping Centers	p. 365
The Rural-Urban Fringe	p. 368
Midwest Megalopolis	p. 370
Planning for the Future	p. 373
Problems and Principles	p. 373
The Burnham Plan	p. 374
Later Chicago Planning	p. 375
Planning for the Metropolitan Area	p. 379
The Challenge	p. 384
Chicago Population	p. 391
Chicago Weather and Climate	p. 393
General Facts about Chicago	p. 395
Significant Dates in Chicago History	p. 397
Chicago Historic Sites	p. 403
Statistical Data for Incorporated Communities of the Chicago Area	p. 411
Notes	p. 419
Selected Bibliography	p. 423
Index	p. 437
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