Chicago Trolleys, Paperback - David Sadowski

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Streetcar service arrived in Philadelphia in the 1850s, shortly after the consolidation of the city. After the Civil War, the horse-drawn omnibus g...

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DescriptionThe Johnstown flood on May 31, 1889, virtually demolished the horsecar lines of the Johnstown Passenger Railway Company, resulting in th...

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Allison Davis (1902-83), a preeminent black scholar and social science pioneer, is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking investigations into in...

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Since the 1960s, yoga has become a billion-dollar industry in the West, attracting housewives and hipsters, New Agers and the old-aged. But our mod...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): David KaiserIllustration(s): 47 halftonesNumber of pages: 360Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): David C. WilsonIllustration(s): 17 line drawings, 47 tablesNumber of pages: 320Publication dat...

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In the 1970s, Manhattan's west side waterfront was a forgotten zone of abandoned warehouses and piers. Though many saw only blight, the derelict ne...