Known as the Windy City and the Hog Butcher to the World, Chicago has earned a more apt sobriquet...

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When Juliette Kinzie first visited Chicago in 1831, it was anything but a city. An outpost in the...

The First Comprehensive Examination of Chicago's Environmental History from Indigenous Peoples to...

More than a decade in the making, richly illustrated, and comprised of more than 1,400 entries, t...

Recounts the Battle of Fort Dearborn while situating it within the context of several wider histo...

When Juliette Kinzie first visited Chicago in 1831, it was anything but a city. An outpost in the...

A compelling, innovative, and deeply researched environmental history of Chicago.

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