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Explores the ambitions, tastes, and prejudices of Chicagoans during the 1920s and '30s. This book reproduces various elements of the "Chicagoan": its covers, cartoons, editorials, reviews, and features.

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"Two remarkable facts lie at the heart of this beautiful and revelatory book: that the Chicagoan existed at all, and that its existence has been so completely forgotten. Nothing that I knew of Chicago's cultural life prepared me for Neil Harris's discovery of this wonderfully worldly magazine. And, like him, I cannot figure out why it disappeared from historical memory. We owe Harris great gratitude for resurrecting the Chicagoan for us. His commentary verifies his reputation as one of the most learned and insightful cultural historians at work today, and as an enviably graceful and lucid writer." - Carl Smith, author of The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City"

The Chicagoan A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age

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    A Hardback by Neil Harris, Teri J. Edelstein

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/11/2008
      ISBN13: 9780226317618, 978-0226317618
      ISBN10: 0226317617

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores the ambitions, tastes, and prejudices of Chicagoans during the 1920s and '30s. This book reproduces various elements of the "Chicagoan": its covers, cartoons, editorials, reviews, and features.

      Trade Review
      "Two remarkable facts lie at the heart of this beautiful and revelatory book: that the Chicagoan existed at all, and that its existence has been so completely forgotten. Nothing that I knew of Chicago's cultural life prepared me for Neil Harris's discovery of this wonderfully worldly magazine. And, like him, I cannot figure out why it disappeared from historical memory. We owe Harris great gratitude for resurrecting the Chicagoan for us. His commentary verifies his reputation as one of the most learned and insightful cultural historians at work today, and as an enviably graceful and lucid writer." - Carl Smith, author of The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City"

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