| Chicago's Pride: The Stockyards, Packingtown, and Environs in the Nineteenth Century Contributor(s): Wade, Louise Carroll (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252071328 ISBN-13: 9780252071324 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: Chicago's Pride chronicles the growth--from the 1830s to the 1893 Columbian Exposition--of the communities that sprang up around Chicago's leading industry. Wade shows that, contrary to the image in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, the Stockyards and Packingtown were viewed by proud Chicagoans as "the eighth wonder of the world." Wade traces the rise of the livestock trade and meat-packing industry, efforts to control the resulting air and water pollution, expansion of the work force and status of packinghouse employees, changes within the various ethnic neighborhoods, the vital role of voluntary organizations (especially religious organizations) in shaping the new community, and the ethnic influences on politics in this "instant" industrial suburb and powerful magnet for entrepreneurs, wage earners, and their families. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Business & Economics | Industries - General |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| LCCN: 85016525 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.04" W x 9.14" (1.30 lbs) 440 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Locality - Chicago, Illinois |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chicago's Pride chronicles the growth -- from the 1830s to the 1893 Columbian Exposition - of the communities that sprang up around Chicago's leading industry. Wade shows that, contrary to the image in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, the Stockyards and Packingtown were viewed by proud Chicagoans as "the eighth wonder of the world." Wade traces the rise of the livestock trade and meat-packing industry, efforts to control the resulting air and water pollution, expansion of the work force and status of packinghouse employees, changes within the various ethnic neighborhoods, the vital role of voluntary organizations (especially religious organizations) in shaping the new community, and the ethnic influences on politics in this "instant" industrial suburb and powerful magnet for entrepreneurs, wage earners, and their families. |