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Building the South Side : urban space and civic culture in Chicago, 1890-1919 / Robin F. Bachin.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Historical studies of urban AmericaPublication details: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2008.Description: ix, 434 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780226033938 (cloth)
  • 9780226033945 (pbk.: alk. paper)
  • 0226033945 (pbk.: alk. paper)
  • 0226033937 (cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.760977311
LOC classification:
  • HN 80 B123b 2008
Contents:
Pt. 1. The university and the city. A new order of things: planning and building the University of Chicago ; The city seeking aid from Alma Mater: collegiate culture, coeducation, and the boundaries of college and community. -- Pt. 2. Parks as public space. To lay the foundations for good citizenship: neighborhood parks and outdoor recreation ; Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty: the Burnham plan and the civic lakefront. -- Pt. 3. Commercial leisure and civic culture. Baseball palace of the world: commercial recreation and the building of Comiskey Park ; A mecca for pleasure: leisure, work, and spaces of race pride.
Summary: Explores the struggle for influence that dominated the planning and development of Chicago's South Side during the Progressive Era. Robin Bachin examines the early days of the University of Chicago, Chicago's public parks, Comiskey Park, and the Black Belt to consider how community leaders looked to the physical design of the city to shape its culture and promote civic interaction.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HN 80 B123b 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000092711

Originally published: 2004.

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Explores the struggle for influence that dominated the planning and development of Chicago's South Side during the Progressive Era. Robin Bachin examines the early days of the University of Chicago, Chicago's public parks, Comiskey Park, and the Black Belt to consider how community leaders looked to the physical design of the city to shape its culture and promote civic interaction.

Pt. 1. The university and the city. A new order of things: planning and building the University of Chicago ; The city seeking aid from Alma Mater: collegiate culture, coeducation, and the boundaries of college and community. -- Pt. 2. Parks as public space. To lay the foundations for good citizenship: neighborhood parks and outdoor recreation ; Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty: the Burnham plan and the civic lakefront. -- Pt. 3. Commercial leisure and civic culture. Baseball palace of the world: commercial recreation and the building of Comiskey Park ; A mecca for pleasure: leisure, work, and spaces of race pride.

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