URBAN STUDIES 430  - SUMMER 2002

Dr. Andrew K. Prinz

Summer Book and Article Paging

The library will retrieve circulating materials for Elmhurst College students, staff, and faculty over the
summer while the library is being renovated.  To request a book or article owned by the library, choose
one of the following options:
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READING LIST

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Bach, Ira and Susan Wolfson. Chicago on Foot: Walking Tours of Chicago Architecture, 5th ed., 1994. (PB)

Cromie, Robert. A Short History of Chicago, l984. (PB) (Can be used for one of your reports.)977.311C945s

Mayer, Harold M. and Richard C. Wade. Chicago, Growth of a Metropolis, l969. (PB) 917.7311 M468c

Pacyga, Dominic A. and Ellen Skerrett. Chicago: City of Neighborhoods, 1987. (PB) 917.7311 P122c

Spinney, Robert. City of Big Shoulders, 2000
 
 

GENERAL BOOKS

Addams, Jane. Twenty Years at Hull House, 1910, 1960. (PB) 362.973 A222+

A Guide To l50 Years of Chicago Architecture, l985. (PB)

Avrich, Paul. The Haymarket Tragedy, l984. (PB) 335.A963h

Baumann, Ed & John O'Brien. Polish Robbin' Hoods: The Gang That Couldn't Steal Straight, 1992. 364.162B347p

Berger, Miles L. They Built Chicago: Entrepreneurs Who Shapped A Great City's Architecture, 1992.  720.977311B496t

Biles, Roger. Big City Boss in Depression and War: Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago, 1984. 977.311 K29yb

Bowly, Jr., Devereux. The Poorhouse: Subsidized Housing in Chicago 1895-1976, 1978. 301.54 B787p

Bruns, Roger. Preacher (Billy Sunday), 1992.  269.2 S957Yb

Buder, Stanley. Pullman: An Experiment in Industrial Order and Community, l967. (PB) 301.362 B927p

Chaddick, Harry F. Chaddick: Success Against All Odds, 1990.

Ciccone, F. Richard. Chicago and the American Century: The 100 Most Significant Chicagoans of the Twentieth Century, 1999. Dr. Prinz has a copy.  Library Call Number is 920.077311C568

Cmiel, Kenneth. A Home of Another Kind, 1996. About Orphanage.  362.732C649K

Cronon, William. Nature's Metropolis, Chicago The Great West, 1991. Big Book=Longer Report=2 Books 977.311 C947N1992

Cutler, Irving. Chicago: Metropolis of the Mid-Continent, 3rd Ed., l982. (PB) 330.9773 C989c3

Dedmon, Emmett. Chicago: A Great City's History and People, 1983. (PB)

Deegan, Mary Jo. Jane Addams and the Men of the Chicago School, 1892-1918, 1988. 301 A311YD

Duis, Perry R. The Saloon: Public Drinking in Chicago and Boston, l880-l920, l983. 647.9573 D875s

____________ Challenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life in Chicago, 1837-1920, 1999. Dr. Prinz has a copy.
Library call number is 307.760977311 D875c

Gilbert, James. Perfect Cities: Chicago's Utopias of 1893, 1991. (PB) 977.311041 G465p

Granger, Bill and Lori. Lords of the Last Machine, 1987. 977.311043 G758L

Grossman, James R. Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration, 1989. 977.311G878L

Heise, Kenan and Michael Edgerton. Chicago Center for Enterprise, Vol. I, The l9th Century, l982, Vol.II, The 20th Century, l982.

Heise, Kenan and Mark Frazel. Hands On Chicago: Getting Hold of The City, l987. (PB) 977.311 H473h

Heise, Kenan and Ed Baumann. Chicago Originals, 1990.   977.31104 H473c

Hines, Thomas S. Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner, l974. (PB) 720.973 B966Yh

Hirsch, Arnold R. Making the Second Ghetto: Race and Housing in Chicago l940-l960, l983. (PB) 363.59 H669m

Hirsch, Susan E. and Robert I. Goler. A City Comes of Age: Chicago in the 1890's (Chicago Historical Society, 1990)

Holt, Glen E. and Dominic A. Pacyga. Chicago: A Historical Guide to the Neighborhoods, The Loop and South Side, l979. (PB) 977.311 H758c

Jablonsky, Thomas J. Pride in the Jungle: Community and Everyday Life in Back of the Yards, 1993.  977.311J11P

d'A Jones, Peter and Melvin G. Holli, Eds. Ethnic Chicago, 4th ed.1995. (PB) 977.311 E84

Kallina, Jr., Edmund. Court House Over White House: Chicago and the Presidential Election of 1960, 1988. 324.973 K14c

Keating, Ann Durkin. Building Chicago: Suburban Developers and the Creation of a Divided Metropolis, 1988. 307.764 K25b

Kleppner, Paul. Chicago Dividend: The Making of a Black Mayor, l985. (PB) 324.977311 K64c

Krambles, George and Arthur H. Peterson. CTA at 45, 1994.  388.4K89C

Lowe, David. Lost Chicago, l975. (PB) 720.977311 L91312000

___________ Chicago Interiors: Views of A Splendid World, l979. (PB) 720.977311 L913c

Marciniak, Ed. Reviving An Inner City Community, l977. (PB) 307.3426M319r

Reclaiming The Inner City: Chicago's Near North Side Revitalization 307.342Mr

(Any 2=l Book) Confronts Cabrini-Green, l986. (PB)

Reversing Urban Decline, l98l. (PB)

McCaffrey, Lawrence J., Ellen Skerrett, Michael F. Funchion, Charles Fanning. The Irish in Chicago, 1987. 977.311 I68

McKenzie, Richard. The Home: A Memoir of Growing Up in an Orphanage, 1996.  362.732092 M157h

Miller, Donald L. City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the making of America, 1996 Big Book=Longer Report=2 Books (Dr. Prinz has a copy.) (PB)

Miller, Ross. American Apocalypse: The Great Fire and the Myth of Chicago, 1990. 720.97731 M649a

Muccigrosso, Robert & Ivan R. Dee. Celebrating the New World: Chicago's Columbian Exposition of 1893, 1993.   907.477311 M942c

Nelli, Humbert S. Italians in Chicago, l880-l930: A Study in Ethnic Mobility, l970. (PB) 301.453N422i

Nelson, Bruce C. Beyond the Martyrs: A Social History of Chicago's Anarchists, 1870-1900, 1988. 335.83 N424b

Pacyga, Dominic A. Polish Immigrants and Industrial Chicago: Workers on the South Side, 1880-1922, 1992.

Platt, Harold L. The Electric City: Energy and the Growth of the Chicago Area, 1880-1930, 1991. 333.7932P719E

Philpott, Thomas Lee. The Slum and the Ghetto: Neighborhood Determination and Middle Class Reform Chicago l880-l930, l978. 301.54 P571s

Rast, Joel. Remaking Chicago: The Political Origins of Urban Industrial Change, 1999. 338.977311R229r

Sanders, James W. The Education of an Urban Minority: Catholics in Chicago, l833-l965, 1977. 377.82 S215e

Sawislak, Karen. Smoldering City: Chicagoans and the Great Fire: 1871-74, 1995. 977311S271s

Sawyers, June Skinner. Chicago Portraits: Biographies of 250 Famous Chicagoans, 1991. (PB)  920.077311S271c

_____________________ Chicago Sketches: Urban Tales, Stories, and Legends From Chicago History, 1995. (Dr. Prinz has a copy.)

Schulze, Franz. Mies Van Der Rohe: A Critical Biography, l985. 720.973 M632Ysc

Sennett, Richard. Families Against the City: Middle Class Homes of Industrial Chicago, 1812-1850, 1970. (PB) 301.441 S478F

Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle, l905, l960. (PB) 813.52 S616J 1946 A Classic.

Siry, Joseph. Carson Pirie Scott: Louis Sullivan and the Chicago Department Store, 1989. 725.21092 S949s

Skerrett, Ellen, Edward R. Kantowicz, and Steven M. Avella. Catholicism, Chicago Style, 1994. (PB)282.77311S627c

Slayton, Robert A. Back of the Yards: The Making of a Local Democracy, l986. (PB) 307.1409773 S631b

Smith, Carl S. Chicago and the American Literary Imagination, l880-l920, l984. (PB) 810.93277 S644c

_________ Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief: The Great Chicago Fire, The Haymarket Bomb and the Model Town of Pullman, 1995. 977.311 S644U

Spear, Allan H. Black Chicago: The Making of a Negro Ghetto, l890-l920, l967. (PB) 305.896073 S7416

Spinney, Robert G. City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago, 2000. 977.311 S757c

Squires, Gregory D., Larry Bennett, Kathleen McCourt & Philip Nyden. Chicago: Race, Class and the Response to Urban Decline. 1987  306.0977311C582

Stamper, John W. Chicago North Michigan Avenue; Planning and Development 1900-1930, 1991. 720.977311 S783c

Stead, William T. If Christ Came to Chicago, l894, l964. (PB)

Suttles, Gerald D. The Man-Made City: The Land-Use Confidence Game in Chicago, 1990. 307.3409773 S967m

Swanson, Stevenson, ed., Chicago Days: 150 Defining Moments in the Life of a Great City, 1997, PB. 977.311 C532

Taub, Richard. Community Capitalism, 1988. 307.7606 T222c

Twombley, Robert. Louis Sullivan, His Life and Work, l986. (PB) 720.973 S949YT

Wade, Louise C. Chicago's Pride: The Stockyards, Packing Town & Environs in the l9th Century, l986. 338.476649 W119c

Wendt, Lloyd. Swift Walker, l986 (Biography of Gurdon S. Hubbard--l802-l886) 977.02 H875yw

Wendt, Lloyd and Herman Kogan. Give the Lady What She Wants!: The Story of Marshall Field & Company, l952. 658.871 W473g

Wille, Lois. Forever Clear Open and Free, l972, Rev. 1990. (PB) 309.262 W698f. A Classic.

_________ At Home In the Loop: How Clout and Community Built Chicago, Dearborn Park, 1997. 977.311W732a

Wirth, Louis. The Ghetto, 1928. (PB) 296 W799g

Young, David. Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History. 388.4 Y71c
 
 






TOURS

(THESE ITEMS ARE TO BE USED FOR SELF-GUIDED TOURS

NOT TO BE REVIEWED AS A BOOK)

Adelman, William. Touring Pullman, l977. (Use for an Introduction of Historic Pullman). Pamphlet. 917.7311 A229+

Bach, Ira. Chicago's Famous Buildings, 3rd ed., 1980. (PB) 720.977311 s571c3 1980

Bach, Ira J. & Mary Lackritz Gray. A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture, l983. (PB) 917.7311 B118G

Dale, Alzina Stone, Mystery Reader's Walking Guide: Chicago, 1995. 813.0872093 D139m

Danilov, Victor J. Chicago's Museums: A Complete Guide to the City's Cultural Attractions, Rev. Ed., 1991. (PB) R720.9773 L257c

Grossman, Ron. Guide to Chicago Neighborhoods, l98l. (PB) 977.311 68789

Guide, Oliva and Jeff Huebner. Chicago: A Guide to Community Murals, Mosiacs, and Sculptures, 2000 (PB)

Lanctot, Barbara. A Walk Through Graceland Cemetery, l988. (PB) 977.311 L252w

Landmark Neighborhoods in Chicago, l98l. (PB)

Lane, George and Algimantas Kezys. Chicago Churches and Synagogues: An Architectural Pilgrimage, l98l. 726.5 L265c

Lindberg, Richard. Ethnic Chicago: A Complete Guide to the Many Faces and Cultures of Chicago,
Rev. ed. 1997. (PB)

Mark, Norman. Norman Mark's Chicago: Walking, Bicycling, Driving Tour of the City, 4th ed., l993. (PB) 917.731104M345C1987

McBrien, Judith Payne. Pocket Guide to Chicago Architecture, 1997. (PB)

Molloy, Mary Alice. Chicago Since The Sears Tower: A Guide to New Downtown Buildings, 1992. (PB)

Paul Gapp's Chicago,  1980. (PB) 720.977311G211p

Santow, Daniel & Todd Savage. Irreverent Guides: Chicago, 1996. (PB)

Schulze, Franz & Kevin Harrington. Chicago's Famous Buildings, 4th ed., 1993. (PB) 720.977311 S5711993

Sinkevitch, Alice, Ed. AIA Guide to Chicago (American Institute of Architects), 1993. (PB) 720.977311 A288

Sirefman, Susanne. Chicago: A Guide to Recent Architecture, 1994. R720.977311 S619c

Sorell, V.A., Ed. Guide to Chicago Murals: Yesterday and Today, l979. (Pamphlet) [Use for a Tour of Chicago's Wall Murals] 751.73 C532g 1979

Uhl, Michael. Frommer's Walking Tours: Chicago, 1994 (PB)

Wilson, D. Ray. Greater Chicago: Historical Tour Guide, 1989. (PB) 917.7311 W747g

Wolfe, Gerard R., Chicago In And Around the Loop: Walking tours of architecture and history, 1996. (PB) 720.97731 W858c

Wurman, Richard S. Chicago Access, 1995. (PB) 917.731104 W968c
 
 








SPECIAL REFERENCE BOOKS

(THESE ITEMS ARE NOT TO BE REVIEWED AS A BOOK)

Cameron, Robert. Above Chicago, 1992. 977.311 C182a

Chicago: A City at the Financial Crossroads, l986.

Conzen, Michael P., Ed. Chicago Mapmakers: Essays on the Rise of the City's Map Trade, 1984. 526.09773 C532

Fremon, David K. Chicago Politics Ward By Ward, 1988. (PB) R977.311043 F872c

Hayner, Don and Tom McNamee. Metro Chicago Almanac, Rev. ed., 1993. (PB) Great Source. R977.311H423m1993

___________________________ Streetwise Chicago: A History of Chicago Street Names, 1988. (PB) 917.7311 H423s

Jewel, Frank. Annotated Bibliography of Chicago History, 1979. R016.977311 J59a

Local Community Fact Book Chicago Metropolitan Area, l984. 917.7311 K62L

Szucs, Loretto Dennis. Chicago and Cook County Sources: A Geneological and Historical Guide

(l986). (PB) 929.1072 S998c
 
 

Also, why not visit The Water Works, 811 N. Michigan Avenue (Old Pumping Station), (312) 742-8811. They are open daily. Please call for hours.
 
 


 

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This page was made in collaboration with Dr. Andrew Prinz and Donna Goodwyn of the Elmhurst College Library. 4/24/02