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Chicago's Music Industry: A Quest for World Class, #2
Chicago's Motion Picture Industry: A Quest for World Class, #4
Chicago's Visual Arts: A Quest for World Class, #1
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A history of Chicago's magazine publishing industry and how it impacted the American publishing industry.

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Release dateSep 30, 2014
Chicago's Music Industry: A Quest for World Class, #2
Chicago's Motion Picture Industry: A Quest for World Class, #4
Chicago's Visual Arts: A Quest for World Class, #1

Titles in the series (7)

  • Chicago's Visual Arts: A Quest for World Class, #1

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    Chicago's Visual Arts: A Quest for World Class, #1
    Chicago's Visual Arts: A Quest for World Class, #1

    The story of the city that aspired to be "the Paris of the New World" but instead became the Pin-Up Capital of America. A history of Chicago's visual arts community with an emphasis on the contributions of Chicago's commercial artists.

  • Chicago's Music Industry: A Quest for World Class, #2

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    Chicago's Music Industry: A Quest for World Class, #2
    Chicago's Music Industry: A Quest for World Class, #2

    The story of Chicago's rise and fall as a national music center. A history of Chicago's contributions to the American songbook.

  • Chicago's Motion Picture Industry: A Quest for World Class, #4

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    Chicago's Motion Picture Industry: A Quest for World Class, #4
    Chicago's Motion Picture Industry: A Quest for World Class, #4

    The story of how Chicago businessmen helped create a motion picture production monopoly and how other Chicago businessmen led the revolt against the monopoly but when the war was over all the Chicago businessmen were out of business. A history of Chicago's involvement in the motion picture industry.

  • Chicago's Theater Industry: A Quest for World Class, #3

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    Chicago's Theater Industry: A Quest for World Class, #3
    Chicago's Theater Industry: A Quest for World Class, #3

    The story of how Chicago won "the Vaudeville Wars" only to see its stage industry collapse. A history of the commercial stage industry in Chicago.

  • Chicago's Literary Publishing History: A Quest for World Class, #6

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    Chicago's Literary Publishing History: A Quest for World Class, #6
    Chicago's Literary Publishing History: A Quest for World Class, #6

    The story of Chicago's rise and fall as a literary publishing center. A history of Chicago's contributions to America's popular fiction including the development of true detective stories and specialized pulp magazines.

  • Chicago's Radio and Television Industry: A Quest for World Class, #5

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    Chicago's Radio and Television Industry: A Quest for World Class, #5
    Chicago's Radio and Television Industry: A Quest for World Class, #5

    The story of how Chicago became America's first radio program production center only to see it industry collapse at the beginning of the television era. A history of entertainment program production in Chicago.

  • Magazine Publishing in Chicago: A Quest for World Class, #7

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    Magazine Publishing in Chicago: A Quest for World Class, #7
    Magazine Publishing in Chicago: A Quest for World Class, #7

    A history of Chicago's magazine publishing industry and how it impacted the American publishing industry.

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