City of American Dreams A History of Home Ownership and Housing Reform in Chicago, 1871-1919

Name: City of American Dreams A History of Home Ownership and Housing Reform in Chicago, 1871-1919
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ISBN: 9780226282107

ISBN-10: 0226282104

ISBN-13: 9780226282107

Edition: 2005

Authors: Margaret Garb

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In this vivid portrait of life in Chicago in the fifty years after the Civil War, Margaret Garb traces the history of the American celebration of home ownership. As the nation moved from an agrarian to an industrialized urban society, the competing visions of capitalists, reformers, and immigrants turned the urban landscape into a testing ground for American values. Neither a natural progression nor an inevitable outcome, the ideal of home ownership emerged from the struggles of industrializing cities. Garb skillfully narrates these struggles, showing how the American infatuation with home ownership left the nation's cities sharply divided along class and racial lines. Based on research of…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

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