Popular culture and the enduring myth of Chicago, 1871-1968

Boehm, Lisa Krissoff 1969- (Author).

Summary: This book is an examination of the image of Chicago in American popular culture between the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and Chicago's 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Record details

OCLC: ocn252762254
ISBN: 9781280302510
ISBN: 1280302518
ISBN: 0415996651
ISBN: 9780415996655
ISBN: 1135932557
ISBN: 9781135932558
ISBN: 1135932514
ISBN: 9781135932510
ISBN: 1135932565
ISBN: 9781135932565
ISBN: 0415949297
ISBN: 0415949297
ISBN: 9780415949293
ISBN: 6610302510
ISBN: 9786610302512
ISBN: 9780203335437
ISBN: 0203335430
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 236 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-225) and index.
Contents:	Introduction: "Chicago, the infamous city" -- "Do you wonder Chicago burned?" The Great Chicago Fire and the launching of Chicago's national reputation -- "The new city of the New World:" Fin-de-siecle Chicago and its fairs -- "Turbulent mistress of the West:" Popular images of Chicago in the Progressive Era -- "All the world is waiting for the sunrise:" A Century of Progress and the national image of Chicago -- Infamous city: Chicago and the reworking of reality in American popular culture -- The end of the myth: Chicago in the tumultuous 1960s.
Note:	English.