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| Preface | ||
| Pt. I | The Nineteenth Century | 3 |
| 1 | The City of Mud | 5 |
| 2 | Horse Power to Machine Technology | 14 |
| 3 | Development of the Railroads | 26 |
| 4 | Evolution of the Street Railways | 34 |
| 5 | The Traction Baron and Straphangers | 46 |
| 6 | The Elevated Trains | 55 |
| 7 | Suburban Transit | 63 |
| Pt. II | The Twentieth Century | 73 |
| 8 | Regulation and Competition | 75 |
| 9 | The Limitations of Private Enterprise | 85 |
| 10 | The Campaign for Public Ownership | 96 |
| 11 | Steam Technology to Internal Combustion | 109 |
| 12 | Public Ownership | 121 |
| 13 | Subsidies and Regional Government | 129 |
| 14 | Suburban Transit | 140 |
| 15 | The Auto Age | 153 |
| Epilogue | 167 | |
| Appendix A: Tables | 171 | |
| App. B | Transportation Disasters | 177 |
| App. C | Glossary of Chicago Area Transit Names | 181 |
| Notes | 185 | |
| Bibliography | 203 | |
| Index | 205 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
| WonderClub |
Brandy Cook
reviewed Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History on November 21, 2011
Chicago Transit
This book would be great for people researching their genealogy or for people interested in prominent families in the early days of St. Louis. However, don't expect to read general history on the Irish in St. Louis. Book is focused more on family names.
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Add Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History, Combining nostalgia and historical detail, David Young tells the colorful story of transportation in Chicago, from the plank roads of the 1850s to the streetcar straphangers of the 1920s to the articulated buses of the 1990s. Illustrated with more than 90, Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History, Combining nostalgia and historical detail, David Young tells the colorful story of transportation in Chicago, from the plank roads of the 1850s to the streetcar straphangers of the 1920s to the articulated buses of the 1990s. Illustrated with more than 90, Chicago Transit: An Illustrated History to your collection on WonderClub |
