Chicago: A Historical Guide to the Neighborhoods

by Glen E. Holt, Dominic A. Pacyga

Offers a history of Chicago from the explorations of Joliet and Marquette in 1673 to the urban pioneers of the present day, providing profiles of the city's great reformers, industrialists, politicians, and gangsters, as well as exploring the lives of Chicago's ordinary citizens and the neighborhoods they call home.

176 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 1979

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written in the late 1970s, this is now itself historical, in part a snapshot of that period. In particular, it’s perspective on racial change in neighborhoods, relatively “neutral” for the time as I remember it, seems prejudiced now.