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Author:

Salzmann, Joshua A. T., author.

Title:

Liquid capital : making the Chicago waterfront / Joshua A.T. Salzmann.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Waterfronts--Chicago--Chicago--History--19th century.
Waterfronts--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
Land use--Chicago--Chicago--History--19th century.
Land use--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.
Human ecology--Chicago--Chicago--History--19th century.
Human ecology--Chicago--Chicago--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: State Power and the Rise of Chicago -- Making a River Run Through It -- The Legal Construction of Free Marketplaces -- The Creative Destruction of the Chicago River Harbor -- Beauty and the Crisis of Commercial Civilization -- A Public Pier for Pleasure and Profit -- Epilogue: A Waterscape for the New Millennium.

Series:

American business, politics, and society

ISBN:

0812249739
9780812249736

OCLC:

(OCoLC)993623833

LCCN:

2017016755

Locations:

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