City of American Dreams: A History of Home Ownership and Housing Reform in Chicago, 1871-1919

by Margaret Garb

Book Overview

In this vivid portrait of life in Chicago in the fifty years after the Civil War, Margaret Garb traces the history of the American celebration of home ownership. As the nation moved from an agrarian to an industrialized urban society, the competing visions of capitalists, reformers, and immigrants turned the urban landscape into a testing ground for American values. Neither a natural progression nor an inevitable outcome, the ideal of home ownership...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226282104
• ISBN13: 9780226282107
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"