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Format: XII, 351 S. : , Ill.

ISBN: 978-0-226-47701-5 , 0-226-47701-0

Series Statement: Historical studies of urban America

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: Geography

Keywords: Industrie

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Format: 1 online resource (xii, 351 p.) : , ill., maps.

ISBN: 9780226477046 (ebook) :

Series Statement: Historical studies of urban America

Content: Approaching Chicago's story as a reflection of America's industrial history between the Civil War and World War II, this book explores not only the documented workings of centrally located city factories but also the overlooked suburbanization of manufacturing and its effect on the metropolitan landscape.

Additional Edition: Print version ISBN 9780226477015

Language: English

URL: Chicago scholarship online

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Format: 1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-282-07037-1 , 9786612070372 , 0-226-47704-5

Series Statement: Historical studies of urban America

Content: From the lumberyards and meatpacking factories of the Southwest Side to the industrial suburbs that arose near Lake Calumet at the turn of the twentieth century, manufacturing districts shaped Chicago's character and laid the groundwork for its transformation into a sprawling metropolis. Approaching Chicago's story as a reflection of America's industrial history between the Civil War and World War II, Chicago Made explores not only the well-documented workings of centrally located city factories but also the overlooked suburbanization of manufacturing and its profound effect on the metropolitan landscape. Robert Lewis documents how manufacturers, attracted to greenfield sites on the city's outskirts, began to build factory districts there with the help of an intricate network of railroad owners, real estate developers, financiers, and wholesalers. These immense networks of social ties, organizational memberships, and financial relationships were ultimately more consequential, Lewis demonstrates, than any individual achievement. Beyond simply giving Chicago businesses competitive advantages, they transformed the economic geography of the region. Tracing these transformations across seventy-five years, Chicago Made establishes a broad new foundation for our understanding of urban industrial America.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Front matter -- , Contents -- , List of Illustrations -- , List of Tables -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction: The Metropolitan Production System -- , 1. Chicago, the Mighty City -- , 2. The Suburban Solution -- , 3. Four Factory Districts, 1860-1940 -- , 4. The Shifting Geography of Metropolitan Employment: Starts, Additions, & Moves -- , 5. The Metropolitan Geography of Firm Linkages, 1872-1901 -- , 6. Forging the Calumet District, 1880-1940 -- , 7. Chicago's Planned Industrial Districts: Clearing and the Central Manufacturing District -- , 8. Networked Space: The Connected Metropolis in the 1920's -- , 9. Manufacturing Production Chains and Wholesaling -- , 10. Local Production Practices and Inter-Firm Linkages: Chicago's Automotive Industry, 1900-1940 -- , Conclusion -- , Appendix: Bankruptcy Records, 1872-1928 -- , Notes -- , Index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-226-47701-0

Language: English

DOI: 10.7208/9780226477046