Working Man's Reward: Chicago's Early Suburbs and the Roots of American Sprawl

by Elaine Lewinnek

Between the 1860s and 1920s, Chicago's working-class immigrants designed the American dream of home-ownership. They imagined homes as small businesses, homes that were simultaneously a consumer-oriented respite from work and a productive space that workers hoped to control.

Stretching out of town along with Chicago's assembly-line factories, Chicago's early suburbs were remarkably socially and economically diverse. They were marketed by real...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199769222
• ISBN13: 9780199769223
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"