Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs

Preface and Acknowledgments
Contributors

Introduction Chicago Neighborhoods: Building Blocks of the Region, Ann Durkin Keating 
Note on Further Readings

Maps
    Chicago’s Community Areas
    Economic Origins of Metropolitan Chicago’s Communities
    Chicago’s Evolving Economic Geography
    Land Subdivision and Urbanization on Chicago’s Northwest Side
    Chicago-Area Expressways in 23
    Neighborhood Change: Prairie Avenue, 1853–23
    Changing Origins of Metropolitan Chicago’s Foreign-Born Population
    Annexations and Additions to the City of Chicago
    Chicago’s Railroad Patterns in 1950

The Lay of the Land
    Suburbs and Cities as Dual Metropolis, Michael H. Ebner
    Multicentered Chicago, Henry C. Binford
    Contested Spaces, Janice L. Reiff
    Economic Geography, Susan E. Hirsch
    Built Environment of the Chicago Region, Robert Bruegmann

A–Z entries
Illustration Credits
Index