Building the city of spectacle : Mayor Richard M. Daley and the remaking of Chicago / Costas Spirou and Dennis R. Judd
- Author:
- Spirou, Costas
- Published:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
- Copyright Date:
- ß2016
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 239 pages) : illustrations, map
- Additional Creators:
- Judd, Dennis R.
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- Contents:
- Building the City of Spectacle; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Building a City of Spectacle; 1. The Founding City; 2. Arresting Chicago's Long Slide; 3. Master Builder; 4. Power Broker; 5. Richard M. Daley's Ambiguous Legacy; Epilogue: A City of Bread and Circuses?; Notes; Index.
- Subject(s):
- Daley, Richard M. (Richard Michael), 1942-
- Since 1951
- Tourism and city planning—Illinois—Chicago—History
- Urban renewal—Illinois—Chicago—History
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- Politics and government
- Tourism and city planning
- Urban renewal
- Chicago (Ill.)—Politics and government—1951-
- Illinois—Chicago
- Genre(s):
- ISBN:
- 1501706306 (electronic bk.)
9781501706301 (electronic bk.) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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