Building Chicago: Suburban Developers and the Creation of a Divided Metropolis

by Ann Durkin Keating

Book Overview

The modern suburbanite lives among manicured lawns, shopping centers, and public schools with private school reputations. Socially and economically dependent on the city, but autonomously governed, suburban life ostensibly offers the best of both worlds. In Building Chicago, Ann Durkin Keating offers a fascinating account of the birth and growth of Chicago's suburbs, the governments that developed to service them, and the ideas that guided...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252070550
• ISBN13: 9780252070556
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"