History 495: Chicago: A Social History  Tags: chicago_history history american_history  

On this page are the search examples we'll be covering in class.

1.
Find an available copy of a book entitles Mexican Chicago: Race, Identity, and Nation, 1916-1936.

2.
Find an available copy of a book entitled Moonlight in Duneland: the Illustrated Story of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad.

3.
Find an available copy of a book entitled Candles Burned in Chicago: a History of 53 Memorial Commemorations of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

4.
Find a copy of the following article: Adler, Jeffrey S. "'It Is His First Offense. We Might as Well Let Him Go': Homicide and Criminal Justice in Chicago, 1875-1920." Journal of Social History. 40.1 (2006): 5-24.

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Find a copy of the following article: Gibson, Truman K., Jr. "We Belong in Washington Park." Chicago History. 34.3 (2006): 26-43.

1.  Find books on the history of racism and racial tensions in Chicago.

2.  Find articles on the history of prostitution in Chicago.

2.  Find documents that you might be able to use as primary sources in a paper on the Union Stock Yards.