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Chicago, city of the century, a co-production of WGBH Boston and WTTW Chicago in association with the Chicago Historical Society

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Chicago, city of the century, a co-production of WGBH Boston and WTTW Chicago in association with the Chicago Historical Society
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Chicago
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
51562903
Responsibility statement
a co-production of WGBH Boston and WTTW Chicago in association with the Chicago Historical Society
Runtime
345
Sub title
city of the century
Summary
In just 60 years, Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world. It's the story of the wealthy and indigent, the heralded and the forgotten, the shop assistants and the millionaire retail barons who together created Chicago. It describes how, through innovation, ingenuity, determination and sheer ruthlessness, the captains of industry created empires in marshy wasteland. And it explores the hardships endured by the millions of working men and women -- most of them immigrants from Ireland and Northern Europe -- whose labor helped a capitalist class reinvent the way America did business
Table Of Contents
Disc 1. Part I: Mudhole to metropolis -- Disc 2. Part II: The revolution has begun -- Disc 3. Part III: Battle for Chicago -- Disc 4. Bonus disc
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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City of the century
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