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Chicago by gaslight : a history of Chicago's netherworld, 1880-1920  Cover Image E-book E-book

Chicago by gaslight : a history of Chicago's netherworld, 1880-1920

Lindberg, Richard C. 1953- (Author). Lindberg, Richard C. 1953- Chicago ragtime. (Added Author).

Summary: A history of Chicago from the Gilded Age through 1919, focusing on the netherworld as it existed in the city before Prohibition.

Record details

  • OCLC: ocn945976346
  • ISBN: 9780897334211
  • ISBN: 0897334213
  • ISBN: 1613737874
  • ISBN: 9781613737873
  • ISBN: 1613737866
  • ISBN: 9781613737866
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 236 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
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  • Published: Chicago, IL :Academy Chicago Publishers,[1996]
  • Publisher: Chicago, IL : Academy Chicago Publishers, [1996]

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Note: Revised edition of: Chicago ragtime.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-225) and index.
Contents: Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; I. Derby Day, 1885; II. Haymarket; III. The Boodlers and the Great Escape; IV. 1896: The Summer of Silver and Gold; V.A New Century, 1901; VI. Low Life in the Levee; VII. Interlude: Love and Betrayal in the City; VIII. Bombs, Gamblers and Newspaper Wars; IX. 1919: The Summer of Lost Innocence; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Photographs and illustrations; Back Cover.
Subject: Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875-
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs
Crime -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
Political corruption -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History

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