Description: The Chicagoan by Neil Harris, Teri J. Edelstein Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Explores the ambitions, tastes, and prejudices of Chicagoans during the 1920s and 30s. This book reproduces various elements of the "Chicagoan": its covers, cartoons, editorials, reviews, and features. Publisher Description While browsing the stacks of the Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago some years ago, noted historian Neil Harris made a surprising discovery: a group of nine plainly bound volumes whose unassuming spines bore the name the Chicagoan. Pulling one down and leafing through its pages, Harris was startled to find it brimming with striking covers, fanciful art, witty cartoons, profiles of local personalities, and a whole range of incisive articles. He quickly realized that he had stumbled upon a Chicago counterpart to the New Yorker that mysteriously had slipped through the cracks of history and memory. Here Harris brings this lost magazine of the Jazz Age back to life. In its own words, the Chicagoan claimed to represent "a cultural, civilized, and vibrant" city "which needs make no obeisance to Park Avenue, Mayfair, or the Champs Elysees." Urbane in aspiration and first published just sixteen months after the 1925 appearance of the New Yorker, it sought passionately to redeem the Windy Citys unhappy reputation for organized crime, political mayhem, and industrial squalor by demonstrating the presence of style and sophistication in the Midwest. Harriss substantial introductory essay here sets the stage, exploring the ambitions, tastes, and prejudices of Chicagoans during the 1920s and 30s. The author then lets the Chicagoan speak for itself in lavish full-color segments that reproduce its many elements: from covers, cartoons, and editorials to reviews, features—and even one issue reprinted in its entirety. Recalling a vivid moment in the life of the Windy City, the Chicagoan is a forgotten treasure, offered here for a whole new age to enjoy. Author Biography Neil Harris is the Preston and Sterling Morton Professor of History and Art History, emeritus, at the University of Chicago. He is the author of, among other books, The Artist in American Society; Humbug: The Art of P. T. Barnum; Cultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Cultural Tastes in Modern America; and Chicago Apartments: A Century of Lakefront Luxury. Details ISBN 0226317617 ISBN-13 9780226317618 Title The Chicagoan Author Neil Harris, Teri J. Edelstein Format Hardcover Year 2008 Pages 400 Publisher The University of Chicago Press GE_Item_ID:161786090; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780226317618
Book Title: The Chicagoan
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Name: Chicagoan : a Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2008
Subject: United States / 20th Century, Journalism, American / General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / General
Item Height: 1.2 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 110.5 Oz
Author: Neil Harris
Item Length: 13.7 in
Subject Area: Art, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Item Width: 11.3 in
Format: Hardcover
