From the lumberyards and meatpacking factories of the Southwest Side
to the industrial suburbs that arose near Lake Calumet at the turn of
the twentieth century, manufacturing districts shaped Chicago’s
character and laid the groundwork for its transformation into a
sprawling metropolis. Approaching Chicago’s story as a reflection of
America’s industrial history between the Civil War and World War II,
Chicago Made explores not only the well-documented workings of
centrally located city factories but also the overlooked
suburbanization of manufacturing and its profound effect on the
metropolitan landscape. Robert Lewis documents
how manufacturers, attracted to greenfield sites on the city’s
outskirts, began to build factory districts there with the help of an
intricate network of railroad owners, real estate developers,
financiers, and wholesalers. These immense networks of social ties,
organizational memberships, and financial relationships were
ultimately more consequential, Lewis demonstrates, than any individual
achievement. Beyond simply giving Chicago businesses competitive
advantages, they transformed the economic geography of the region.
Tracing these transformations across seventy-five years, Chicago Made
establishes a broad new foundation for our understanding of urban
industrial America.
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ISBN
9780226477046
Publisert
2018
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University of Chicago Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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