City of the Century : The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America
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The epic of Chicago is the story of the emergence of modern
America. Here, witness Chicago's growth from a desolate fur-trading
post in the 1830s to one of the world's most explosively alive
cities by 1900.Donald Miller's powerful narrative embraces it all:
Chicago's wild beginnings, its reckless growth, its natural
calamities (especially the Great Fire of 1871), its raucous
politics, its empire-building businessmen, its world-transforming
architecture, its rich mix of cultures, its community of young
writers and journalists, and its staggering engineering
projects-which included the reversal of the Chicago River and
raising the entire city from prairie mud to save it from
devastating cholera epidemics. The saga of Chicago's unresolved
struggle between order and freedom, growth and control, capitalism
and community, remains instructive for our time, as we seek ways to
build and maintain cities that retain their humanity without losing
their energy. City of the Century throbs with the pulse of the
great city it brilliantly brings to life.
Výber kníh autorov
Simon & Schuster ,
Donald L. Miller
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Simon & Schuster,
Donald L. Miller
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Slovart
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Slovart
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