Description: Building the South Side : Urban Space and Civic Culture in Chicago, 1, Paperback by Bachin, Robin F., ISBN 0226033945, ISBN-13 9780226033945, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
Building the South Side explores the struggle for influence that dominated the planning and development of Chicagos South Side during the Progressive Era. Robin F. 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.
Bachin highlights how the creation of a local terrain of civic culture was a contested process, with the battle for cultural authority transforming urban politics and blurring the line between private and public space. In the process, universities, parks and playgrounds, and commercial entertainment districts emerged as alternative arenas of civic engagement.
“Bachin incisively charts the development of key urban institutions and landscapes that helped constitute the messy vitality of Chicago’s late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century public realm.”—Daniel Bluestone, Journal of American History
"This is an ambitious book filled with important insights about issues of public space and its use by urban residents. . . . It is thoughtful, very well written, and should be read and appreciated by anyone interested in Chicago or cities generally. It is also a gentle reminder that people are as important as structures and spaces in trying to understand urban development."
—Maureen A. Flanagan, American Historical Review
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Book Title: Building the South Side : Urban Space and Civic Culture in Chicag
Number of Pages: 448 Pages
Publication Name: Building the South Side : Urban Space and Civic Culture in Chicago, 1890-1919
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Item Height: 0.1 in
Subject: United States / 20th Century, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year: 2008
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 22.2 Oz
Item Length: 0.9 in
Author: Robin F. Bachin
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Width: 0.7 in
Series: Historical Studies of Urban America Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
