{"product_id":"chicago-on-the-make-andrew-j-diamond-9780520286481","title":"Chicago on the Make: Power and Inequality in a Modern City","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 Jon Gjerde Prize, Midwestern History Association\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2017 Award of Superior Achievement, Illinois State Historical Society\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Heralded as America's quintessentially modern city, Chicago has attracted the gaze of journalists, novelists, essayists, and scholars as much as any city in the nation. And, yet, few historians have attempted big-picture narratives of the city's transformation over the twentieth century. \u003ci\u003eChicago on the Make\u003c\/i\u003e 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 truly global urban center. Reinterpreting the familiar 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. \u003ci\u003eChicago on the Make\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew J. Diamond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520286480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520286481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018","brand":"Andrew J. Diamond","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045161562367,"sku":"9780520286481","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e69be9d-4c2a-4060-ab12-389520f6579c.jpg?v=1684977099","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chicago-on-the-make-andrew-j-diamond-9780520286481","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}