
Chicago on the Make
Power and Inequality in a Modern City
Andrew J. Diamond(Author)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 16. June 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-0-520-28649-8 (ISBN)
Description
"Effectively details the long history of racial conflict and abuse that has led to Chicago becoming one of America's most segregated cities. . . . A wealth of material."-New York Times
Winner of the 2017 Jon Gjerde Prize, Midwestern History Association
Winner of the 2017 Award of Superior Achievement, Illinois State Historical Society
Heralded as America's quintessentially modern city, Chicago has attracted the gaze of journalists, novelists, essayists, and scholars. Yet few historians have attempted big-picture narratives of the city's transformation over the twentieth century. Chicago on the Make traces the evolution of the city's politics, culture, and economy as it grew from an unruly tangle of rail yards, slaughterhouses, factories, tenement houses, and fiercely defended ethnic neighborhoods into a global urban center. Reinterpreting the narrative that Chicago's autocratic machine politics shaped its institutions and public life, Andrew J. Diamond demonstrates how the grassroots politics of race crippled progressive forces and enabled an alliance of downtown business interests to promote a neoliberal agenda that created stark inequalities. Chicago on the Make takes the story into the twenty-first century, chronicling Chicago's deeply entrenched social and urban problems as the city ascended to the national stage during the Obama years.
Winner of the 2017 Jon Gjerde Prize, Midwestern History Association
Winner of the 2017 Award of Superior Achievement, Illinois State Historical Society
Heralded as America's quintessentially modern city, Chicago has attracted the gaze of journalists, novelists, essayists, and scholars. Yet few historians have attempted big-picture narratives of the city's transformation over the twentieth century. Chicago on the Make traces the evolution of the city's politics, culture, and economy as it grew from an unruly tangle of rail yards, slaughterhouses, factories, tenement houses, and fiercely defended ethnic neighborhoods into a global urban center. Reinterpreting the narrative that Chicago's autocratic machine politics shaped its institutions and public life, Andrew J. Diamond demonstrates how the grassroots politics of race crippled progressive forces and enabled an alliance of downtown business interests to promote a neoliberal agenda that created stark inequalities. Chicago on the Make takes the story into the twenty-first century, chronicling Chicago's deeply entrenched social and urban problems as the city ascended to the national stage during the Obama years.
Reviews / Votes
"Diamond skillfully weaves together economics, politics, and culture. . . . Wonderful, meticulously researched." * Choice * "Effectively details the long history of racial conflict and abuse that has led to Chicago becoming one of America's most segregated cities. . . . A wealth of material." * New York Times Book Review * "One of its defining features is that it centers on Chicago's history of racial conflict, tracing how the city's transformation into a global metropolis systemically excluded blacks and perpetuated inequality." * New York Times * "Readers who are unfamiliar with the myriad facets of Chicago politics and development will be richly rewarded by the account presented here." * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research * "Diamond stakes out a passionate critique of the political sources of injustice in Chicago, which should frame the debate over the city's rebirth for some time to come." * American Historical Review *More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
19 b-w photos and 8 maps
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-28649-8 (9780520286498)
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Andrew J. Diamond is Professor of American History at Sorbonne Universite. He is the author or coauthor of numerous articles and books on the history of race, politics, and political culture in the urban United States, including Mean Streets: Chicago Youths and the Everyday Struggle for Empowerment in the Multiracial City, 1908-1969.
Content
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1 * Capital Order
2 * Black Metropolis
3 * White and Black
4 * Th e Boss and the Black Belt
5 * Civil Rights in the Multiracial City
6 * Violence in the Global City
7 * A City of Two Tales
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Introduction
1 * Capital Order
2 * Black Metropolis
3 * White and Black
4 * Th e Boss and the Black Belt
5 * Civil Rights in the Multiracial City
6 * Violence in the Global City
7 * A City of Two Tales
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index