Main entry:

Bachin, Robin Faith.

Title & Author:

Building the South Side : urban space and civic culture in Chicago, 1890-1919 / Robin F. Bachin.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2004]
©2004

Description:

ix, 434 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Historical studies of urban America

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-399) and index.
pt. 1. The university and the city. A new order of things: planning and building the University of Chicago ; The city seeking aid from Alma Mater: collegiate culture, coeducation, and the boundaries of college and community. -- pt. 2. Parks as public space. To lay the foundations for good citizenship: neighborhood parks and outdoor recreation ; Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty: the Burnham plan and the civic lakefront. -- pt. 3. Commercial leisure and civic culture. Baseball palace of the world: commercial recreation and the building of Comiskey Park ; A mecca for pleasure: leisure, work, and spaces of race pride.

Summary:

"Building the South Side explores the struggle for influence that dominated the planning and development of Chicago's South Side during the Progressive Era. Robin Bachin examines the early days of the University of Chicago, Chicago's public parks, Comiskey Park, and the Black Belt to consider how community leaders looked to the physical design of the city to shape its culture and promote civic interaction."--Jacket.

Resources:
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Book review (H-Net)
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
Table of contents

ISBN:

0226033937 (alk. paper)
9780226033938 (alk. paper)
9780226033945 (pbk.)
0226033945 (pbk.)

Subject:

Sociology, Urban Illinois Chicago.
Social values Illinois Chicago.
Working class Illinois Chicago.
Sociologie urbaine Illinois Chicago.
Valeurs sociales Illinois Chicago.
Travailleurs Illinois Chicago.
Race relations
Social conditions
Social values
Sociology, Urban
Working class
Kultur
Stadt
Stadtentwicklung
Kulturelle Einrichtung
Sociologie urbaine États-Unis Chicago (Ill.)
Travailleurs États-Unis Chicago (Ill.)
Aménagement urbain.
Classe sociale.
Culture.
Histoire sociale.
Relations interraciales.
Sociologie urbaine.
1890-1899.
1900-1909.
1910-1919.
Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions.
Chicago (Ill.) Race relations.
Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
Chicago (Ill.) Conditions sociales.
Chicago (Ill.) Relations interethniques.
Chicago (Ill.)

Added entries:

Historical studies of urban America.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 249184
Call No.: BIB 178765
Status: Available