Popular Culture and the Enduring Myth of Chicago, 1871-1968

by Lisa Krissoff Boehm

Overview

This book is an examination of the image of Chicago in American popular culture between the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and Chicago's 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135932558
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/28/2004
Series:	Studies in American Popular History and Culture
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	262
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Lisa Krissoff Boehm

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. 'Do You Wonder Chicago Burned?': The Great Chicago Fire and the Launching of Chicago's National Reputation
2. 'The New City of the New World': FIN-de-Siecle Chicago and Its Fairs
3. 'Turbulent Mistress of the West': Popular Images of Chicago in the Progressive Era
4. 'All the World is Waiting for the Sunrise': A Century of Progress and the Public Image of Chicago
5. Sordid City: Chicago and the Reworking of Reality in American Popular Culture
6. The End of the Myth: Chicago in the Tumultuous 1960s