Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Building Chicago: The First Hundred Years

Building Chicago: The First Hundred Years

Using maps, diagrams, paintings, rare photographs, and archival film clips, this program examines the settlement and growth of Chicago during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Monumental projects designed to offset the city’s high water table, remedy the chronic traffic congestion of the Loop, divert sewage to the Mississippi River, and beautify the waterfront areas are discussed by Robert Bruegmann, of the University of Illinois at Chicago; Harold Platt, of Loyola University Chicago; and William Cronon, of the University of Wisconsin—Madison. Produced by the Open University. (30 minutes)

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Item#: BVL11559
Copyright date: ©1997
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-9679-8


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