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Author Spears, Timothy B., 1957-

Title Chicago dreaming : Midwesterners and the city, 1871-1919 / Timothy B. Spears.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.

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 Moore Stacks  F548.5 .S74 2005    Available  ---
Description xxiii, 322 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-307) and index.
Contents Pt.1. Frontiers of desire. Shock city ; John and Frances Glessner ; Stories of the rising city. -- Pt. 2. Exiles in suckerland. George Ade and John T. McCutcheon ; The place of nostalgia. -- Pt. 3. The politics of being native. Jane Addams ; Among immigrants. -- Pt. 4. Border crossings. Floyd Dell, Sherwood Anderson, and Tennessee Mitchell ; Chicago dreaming.
Subject Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875-
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions.
Rural-urban migration -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Rural-urban migration.
Illinois -- Chicago.
History.
Rural-urban migration -- Middle West -- History.
Middle West.
White people -- Middle West -- Migrations -- History.
White people.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life.
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History and criticism.
American literature.
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term 20th century
ISBN 0226768732 hardcover alkaline paper
0226768740 paperback alkaline paper