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    612-822-4611

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Chicago's Southeast Side Revisited

Chicago's Southeast Side Revisited

Sellers, Rod

Paperback

Series: Images of America

Biographies GeneralRegional: Midwest

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 0738519308
ISBN13: 9780738519302
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: Dec 10 2001
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.48 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

One of the phrases that has been used to describe Chicago's Southeast Side is smokestacks and steeples. Today, the people of South Chicago, South Deering, the East Side, and Hegewisch look to the future.

The community initially developed because of the steel industry, but it has been affected by the decline of the American steel industry in recent years. The community is, in many respects, at a crossroads. Will economic redevelopment occur, and if it does, at what price? Will the ecology and environment, damaged by years of abuse and neglect, be restored and protected?This second book about the region tells the story of this interesting and vibrant Chicago community from a chronological approach. It looks at important themes of American history from the perspective of this urban, working-class community. Industrialization, urbanization, unionization, immigration, and Americanization were themes that played out on the Southeast Side of Chicago. It examines how the community dealt with problems like depression, wars, pollution, and the decline of heavy industry-especially the steel industry.

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