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Author:

Dyja, Tom.

Title:

The third coast : when Chicago built the American dream / Thomas Dyja.

Publisher:

The Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xxxiv, 508 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Chicago (Ill.)--History--20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
Chicago (Ill.)--Relations--United States.
United States--Relations--Chicago.--Chicago.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-488) and index.

Contents:

Pt. 1: Pre-1945. The brick is another teacher ; We were part of them ; Washed up on a favorable shore ; The ideal world of Mr. Hutchins -- Pt. 2: 1945-1949. The chaos of our conceptions ; Believers in the city ; A discovered beauty ; Until my change comes ; A local youth in love ; Let me do one by myself ; A fresh time ; The balance of power ; This program came to you from Chicago ; A city of slightbrows -- Pt. 3: 1950-1954. Stand up and be counted ; Living separate lives ; Nobody knows my name ; The lonely crowd ; Convention summer ; Playwrights and playboys ; Chicagsky temp -- Pt. 4: 1955. A family man for a family city ; The blues have a baby ; American hungers ; Theater without heroes ; What kind of world do we live in? ; We like it this way -- Pt. 5: 1956-1960. Chicago dynamic ; Beta people for a beta world ; Gaining a moon and losing ourselves ; Will somebody please listen to me today! ; The realm of the unreal -- Epilogue: In Chicago for my forever.

Summary:

Much of what defined the nation as it grew into a superpower was produced in Chicago. Before air travel overtook trains, nearly every coast-to coast journey included a stop there, and this flow of people and commodities made it America's central clearinghouse, laboratory, and factory. And even as Chicago led the way in creating mass-market culture, its artists pushed back in their own distinct voices. Chicago native Thomas Dyja re-creates the story of the city in its postwar prime and explains its profound impact on modern America.

ISBN:

1594204322
9781594204326

OCLC:

(OCoLC)796756318

LCCN:

2012039710

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

KHPB566 -- Donnellson Public Library (Donnellson)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

TGPD826 -- LeClaire Community Library (Le Claire)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)