Slaughterhouse
Chicago’s Union Stock Yard and the World It Made
- Contents
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Confronting the Modern in Chicago’s Square Mile
1 Spectacle
Facing the Modern World
2 Genesis
From Swamp to Industrial Giant
3 Working in the Yards
The Move to the Modern
4 “Success Comes to Those Who Hustle Wisely”
The Emergence of the Greatest Livestock Market in the World
5 Slaughterhouse Blues
The Decline and Fall of the Union Stock Yard
6 Innovate for Efficiency—Though with Less Stench
The Square Mile after the Union Stock Yard
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Economics and Business: Business--Industry and Labor
History: American History | Urban History
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