The third coast : when Chicago built the American dream

Author

Tom Dyja

Call Number

• 977.311 D9966 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.

Physical Description

xxxiv, 508 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Summary

A cultural history of Chicago at midcentury, with its incredible mix of architects, politicians, musicians, writers, entrepreneurs, and actors who helped shape modern America.

Contents

• Part One. Pre-1945
• The Brick Is Another Teacher
• We Were Part of Them
• Washed Up on a Favorable Shore
• The Ideal World of Mr. Hutchins
• Part Two. 1945-1949
• The Chaos of Our Conceptions
• Believers in the City
• A Discovered Beauty
• Until My Change Comes
• A Local Youth in Love
• Let Me Do One by Myself
• A Fresh Time
• The Balance of Power
• This Program Came to You from Chicago
• A City of Slightbrows
• Part Three. 1950-1954
• Stand Up and Be Counted
• Living Separate Lives
• Nobody Knows My Name
• The Lonely Crowd
• Convention Summer
• Playwrights and Playboys
• Chicagsky Temp
• Part Four. 1955
• A Family Man for a Family City
• The Blues Have a Baby
• American Hungers
• Theater Without Heroes
• What Kind of World Do We Live In?
• We Like It This Way
• Part Five. 1956-1960
• Chicago Dynamic
• Beta People for a Beta World
• Gaining a Moon and Losing Ourselves
• Will Somebody Please Listen to Me Today!
• The Realm of the Unreal
• Epilogue: In Chicago for My Forever.