The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Chicago: The History and Legacy of America’s Third Largest City

American Warsaw: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Polish Chicago [1 ed.] 022640661X, 9780226406619

A comprehensive and engaging history of a century of Polish immigration and influence in Chicago. Every May, a sea of

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American Warsaw: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Polish Chicago 9780226406756

Every May, a sea of 250,000 people decked out in red and white head to Chicago’s Loop to celebrate the Polish Constituti

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How Newark Became Newark: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of an American City 9780813546568

For the first time in forty years, the story of one of America's most maligned cities is told in all its grit and g

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The Rise and Fall of the City of Money: A Financial History of Edinburgh 9781788852296

It started and ended with a financial catastrophe. The Darien disaster of 1700 drove Scotland into union with England, b

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The Greek Dark Ages: The History and Legacy of the Era Between the Fall of the Mycenaeans and the Rise of the City-States 3044740487

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History and tropology: the rise and fall of metaphor 9780520080454

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Sidon: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Phoenician City

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Black 14: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Wyoming Football 2009928221, 9780977731893, 0977731898

In the 1960s one of the strongest voices was that of the black athlete. Not at the University of Wyoming. The only color

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The Third City: Chicago and American Urbanism 9780226042954

Our traditional image of Chicago—as a gritty metropolis carved into ethnically defined enclaves where the game of machin

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Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City 9780691249773, 0691249776

A panoramic account of the urban politics and deep social divisions that gave rise to Uber The first city to fight back

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