Chicago, Illinois

Chicago is the dominant city of the American Midwest, and the third largest in population in the U.S., with xxx people. The Chicago Metropolitan Area (sometimes called "Chicagoland") has a population of xxx.

See also

• Chicago School of Economics
• Hull House
• Jane Addams

External links

• summary of 2000 census for city
• Kenneth M. Johnson, "Demographic Trends in the Chicago Metropolitan Area" (2006)

Bibliography

the best source to study all aspects of Chicago is The Encyclopedia of Chicago (2005) (online version)

• Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, Janice L. Reiff. The Encyclopedia of Chicago (University of Chicago Press 2005) ISBN 0-226-31015-9; [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/ The Encyclopedia of Chicago (online version)

Current

• Frommer's Chicago 2007 (2006) excerpt and text search

History

• Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, Janice L. Reiff. The Encyclopedia of Chicago (University of Chicago Press 2005) ISBN 0-226-31015-9; [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/ The Encyclopedia of Chicago (online version), the place to start

Surveys

• Miller, Donald L. City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America (1997), popular epic; excerpt and text search
• Pierce, Bessie Louise. A History of Chicago, Volume I: The Beginning of a City 1673-1848 (1937; reprint 2007); Volume II: From Town to City 1848-1871 (reprint 2007); Volume III: The Rise of a Modern City, 1871-1893 (reprint 2007)
• Spinney, Robert G. City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago (2000), popular epic; excerpt and text search

Geography

• Bronsky, Eric, Neal Samors and Jennifer Samors. Downtown Chicago in Transition (2007) excerpt and text search
• Mayer, Harold M., and Richard C. Wade. Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis (1973)
• WPA. Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide (1939)

Politics and Corruption

• Barnard, Harry. "Eagle Forgotten": The Life of John Peter Altgeld (1938)
• Cohen, Adam, and Elizabeth Taylor. American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation. (2001). ISBN 0-316-83489-0
• Green, Paul M. The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition. (1987). ISBN 0-8093-2612-4
• Hartley, Robert E. Big Jim Thompson of Illinois (1979), governor 1980s
• Hutchinson, William. Lowden of Illinois the Life of Frank O. Lowden 2 vol (1957) governor in 1917-21
• Lindberg, Richard Carl. To Serve and Collect: Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal: 1855-1960. 1991. ISBN 0-275-93415-2
• Littlewood, Thomas B. Horner of Illinois (1969), governor 1933-40
• Miller, Kristie. Ruth Hanna Mccormick: A Life in Politics, 1880-1944 (1992)
• Morton, Richard Allen. Justice and Humanity: Edward F. Dunne, Illinois Progressive (1997) governor 1913-17.
• Simpson, Dick. Rogues, Rebels, and Rubber Stamps: The Politics of the Chicago City Council from 1863 to the Present (2001)
• Wendt, Lloyd, Herman Kogan, and Bette Jore. Big Bill of Chicago. (2005) ISBN 0-8101-2319-3, mayor in 1920s
• Wendt, Lloyd, and Herman Kogan. Lords of the Levee. (1967), popular stories from early 20th century.

Business and economic

• Hutchinson, William. Lowden of Illinois the Life of Frank O. Lowden 2 vol (1957) governor in 1917-21
• Kinsley, Philip. The Chicago Tribune: Its First Hundred Years (1943)
• Sears

Hich culture

• Lowe, David Garrard. Lost Chicago (2000), architectural landmarks that were torn down. excerpt and text search

Social and ethnic

• Hallwas, John E. ed., Illinois Literature: The Nineteenth Century (1986)

Primary sources=

• Pierce, Bessie Louise. As Others See Chicago