The World Is Always Coming To An End: Pulling Together And Apart In A Chica...

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Book Title: WORLD Is Always Coming to an End : Pulling Together and Apart in a Chicago Neighborhood

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Author: Carlo Rotella

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: United States / 20th Century, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI), Sociology / Urban

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Publication Year: 2020

Genre: History, Social Science

Item Weight: 15.5 Oz

Number of Pages: 320 Pages