{"product_id":"the-world-of-juliette-kinzie-ann-durkin-keating-9780226664521","title":"The World of Juliette Kinzie: Chicago Before the Fire","description":"When Juliette Kinzie first visited Chicago in 1831, it was anything but a city. An outpost in the shadow of Fort Dearborn, it had no streets, no sidewalks, no schools, no river-spanning bridges. And with two hundred disconnected residents, it lacked any sense of community. In the decades that followed, not only did Juliette witness the city's transition from Indian country to industrial center, but she was instrumental in its development. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Juliette is one of Chicago's forgotten founders. Early Chicago is often presented as \"a man's city,\" but women like Juliette worked to create an urban and urbane world, often within their own parlors. With \u003ci\u003eThe World of Juliette Kinzie\u003c\/i\u003e, we finally get to experience the rise of Chicago from the view of one of its most important founding mothers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ann Durkin Keating, one of the foremost experts on nineteenth-century Chicago, offers a moving portrait of a trailblazing and complicated woman. Keating takes us to the corner of Cass and Michigan (now Wabash and Hubbard), Juliette's home base. Through Juliette's eyes, our understanding of early Chicago expands from a city of boosters and speculators to include the world that women created in and between households. We see the development of Chicago society, first inspired by cities in the East and later coming into its own midwestern ways. We also see the city become a community, as it developed its intertwined religious, social, educational, and cultural institutions. Keating draws on a wealth of sources, including hundreds of Juliette's personal letters, allowing Juliette to tell much of her story in her own words. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Juliette's death in 1870, just a year before the infamous fire, seemed almost prescient. She left her beloved Chicago right before the physical city as she knew it vanished in flames. But now her history lives on. \u003ci\u003eThe World of Juliette Kinzie\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new perspective on Chicago's past and is a fitting tribute to one of the first women historians in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Durkin Keating\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022666452X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226664521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.00d","brand":"Ann Durkin Keating","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946347299071,"sku":"9780226664521","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5288e964-dee3-43f3-a10c-5972d31e9527.jpg?v=1681512628","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-of-juliette-kinzie-ann-durkin-keating-9780226664521","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}