Working Man's Reward: Chicago's Early Suburbs and the Roots of American Sprawl by Elaine Lewinnek

Working Man's Reward: Chicago's Early Suburbs and the Roots of American Sprawl

Elaine Lewinnek

239 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history sociology informative reflective medium-paced
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Between the 1860s and 1920s, Chicago's working-class immigrants designed the American dream of home-ownership. They imagined homes as small businesses, homes that were simultaneously a consumer-oriented respite from work and a productive space tha...

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