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American Apocalypse: The Great Fire and the Myth of Chicago

Ross Miller

A study of the great Chicago fire examines the disaster's impact on the birth of modernism--in art and architecture, culture, commerce, and urban design

GenresArchitectureMutilation, defacement, etc.IllinoisChicagoConservation and restoration19th century

287 pages

English edition · First published 1990 by University of Chicago Press · ISBN 9780226525990

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