The lost city : discovering the forgotten virtues of community in the Chicago of the 1950s / Alan Ehrenhalt.

Main entry:

Ehrenhalt, Alan, 1947-

Title & Author:

The lost city : discovering the forgotten virtues of community in the Chicago of the 1950s / Alan Ehrenhalt.

Publication:

Description:

310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293) and index.
I.A different world -- II. Parish -- III. Ghetto -- IV. Suburb -- V. The past and the pendulum.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Ehrenhalt explores an almost forgotten era, the 1950's by studying three Chicago-area communities: St. Nicholas of Tolentine parish on the southwest side, Bronzeville where most of Chicago's blacks were forced to live, and Elmhurst, an older western suburb.

ISBN:

0465041922
9780465041923

Subject:

City and town life Illinois Chicago History 20th century.
Vie urbaine Illinois Chicago Histoire 20e siècle.
71.14 urban society.
15.85 history of America.
City and town life.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions
Nachbarschaft
Stadscultuur.
Gemeenschapszin.
Gezag.
Geschichte 1950-1960.
Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs.
Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions.
Illinois Chicago.
Chicago, Ill.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 109992
Call No.: ID F548.52.E37; ID:96-B1631
Status: Available

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