Slaughterhouse: Chicago's Union Stock Yard and the World It Made - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226566030ISBN-10:022656603XUPC:9780226566030Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & Local, 19th Century, 20th CenturySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCDHFSQGXG
Slaughterhouse: Chicago's Union Stock Yard and the World It Made
From the minute it opened--on Christmas Day in 1865--it was Chicago's must-see tourist attraction, drawing more than half a million visitors each year. Families, visiting dignitaries, even school groups all made trips to the South Side to tour the Union Stock Yard. There they got a firsthand look at the city's industrial prowess as they witnessed cattle, hogs, and sheep disassembled with...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226566030ISBN-10:022656603XUPC:9780226566030Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & Local, 19th Century, 20th CenturySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCDHFSQGXG
Dominic A. Pacyga is professor of history in the Department of Humanities, History, and Social Sciences at Columbia College Chicago. He is the author or coauthor of several books on Chicago, including Chicago: A Biography and Polish Immigrants and Industrial Chicago: Workers on the South Side, 1880-1922, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
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