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Perfect Cities (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Perfect Cities (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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In this elegant and sensitive look at the milieu of the World's
Columbian Exposition of 1893, James Gilbert examines the three
utopias that were designed to bring order to the chaos of urban
life: The World's Fair itself, George Pullman's community for his
workers, and Dwight Moody's evangelical crusade. Gilbert draws upon
a rich selection of fiction, collective biography, architecture,
photographs, and souvenir books to show how these experiments each
acted as a middle-class prescription for coming to terms with the
new cultural diversity and competition resulting from the
disruptive forces of technological change, commercial enterprise,
and pluralism.
Mr. Gilbert's splendid book opens the door on a conflicted past,
and provides an indispensable perspective on the troubled and
troubling struggle we face today between old and new, unity and
diversity.--Alan Trachtenberg, New York Times
Perfect Cities is a remarkable account of a struggle for cultural
definition. Chronicling the byplay between cultural homogeneity and
heterogeneity, unity and diversity, James Gilbert not only throws
light on Chicago's past but also provides insight that can be
applied to the cultural debates of our own time.--Adria Bernardi,
Chicago Tribune
What Gilbert has done is to enable the reader to experience the
grand utopian visions of the times, yet at the same time see the
cantankerous reality that made the visions impossible.--Henry
Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times
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