Author: Arthur LonginiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Chicago-Chicago Heights Industrial Economic Blueprint
Author: Arthur LonginiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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Chicago Made
Author: Robert LewisPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226477045
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
From the lumberyards and meatpacking factories of the Southwest Side to the industrial suburbs that arose near Lake Calumet at the turn of the twentieth century, manufacturing districts shaped Chicago’s character and laid the groundwork for its transformation into a sprawling metropolis. Approaching Chicago’s story as a reflection of America’s industrial history between the Civil War and World War II, Chicago Made explores not only the well-documented workings of centrally located city factories but also the overlooked suburbanization of manufacturing and its profound effect on the metropolitan landscape. Robert Lewis documents how manufacturers, attracted to greenfield sites on the city’s outskirts, began to build factory districts there with the help of an intricate network of railroad owners, real estate developers, financiers, and wholesalers. These immense networks of social ties, organizational memberships, and financial relationships were ultimately more consequential, Lewis demonstrates, than any individual achievement. Beyond simply giving Chicago businesses competitive advantages, they transformed the economic geography of the region. Tracing these transformations across seventy-five years, Chicago Made establishes a broad new foundation for our understanding of urban industrial America.
Industrial Development
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 1450
Book Description
Vols. 3-4 include Site selection handbook ed. issued as a 2d Oct. no.
The Neighborhood Outfit
Author: Louis CorsinoPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252096665
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
From the slot machine trust of the early 1900s to the prolific Prohibition era bootleggers allied with Al Capone, and for decades beyond, organized crime in Chicago Heights, Illinois, represented a vital component of the Chicago Outfit. Louis Corsino taps interviews, archives, government documents, and his own family's history to tell the story of the Chicago Heights "boys" and their place in the city's Italian American community in the twentieth century. Debunking the popular idea of organized crime as a uniquely Italian enterprise, Corsino delves into the social and cultural forces that contributed to illicit activities. As he shows, discrimination blocked opportunities for Italians' social mobility and the close-knit Italian communities that arose in response to such limits produced a rich supply of social capital Italians used to pursue alternative routes to success that ranged from Italian grocery stores to union organizing to, on occasion, crime.
Steel
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iron industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1678
Book Description
Dun's Review and Modern Industry
Author: Iron Age and Hardware, Iron and Industrial Reporter
Author: Factory Management and Maintenance
Author: Automotive Industries
Author: Consulting Engineer
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Consulting engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 2030
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