The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the Haymarket bombing of 1886, and the making and unmaking of the model town of Pullman - these remarkable events in what many considered the quintessential American city forced people across the country to confront the disorder that seemed inevitably to accompany urban growth and social change. In this book, Carl Smith explores the imaginative dimensions of these events as he traces the evolution of beliefs that increasingly linked city, disorder and social reality in the minds of Americans.
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the Haymarket bombing of 1886, and the making and unmaking of the model town of Pullman - these remarkable events in what many considered the quintessential American city forced people across the country to confront the disorder that seemed inevitably to accompany urban growth and social change. In this book, Carl Smith explores the imaginative dimensions of these events as he traces the evolution of beliefs that increasingly linked city, disorder and social reality in the minds of Americans.
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Good. Spine rolled. Binding intact but opens easily to title page, pages have underlining and marginalia, handling soil at edge of text block. Dust jacket has a few small tears at edges, scuffs and dents. Extremities lightly bumped.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. pristine condition, previous owner's return address label insdie front cover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 403 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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1995 Smith, Carl URBAN DISORDER AND THE SHAPE OF BELIEF; THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE, THE HAYMARKET BOMB AND THE MODEL TOWN OF PULLMAN Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, c1995 first printing 395pp, index, notes, black and white illustrations 8vo As new looks unread hardcover in as new d/j.