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The Encyclopedia of Chicago Review: 1,100+ Pages of Chicago History

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Channel: Peter von Panda · 2017 · Travel & Events

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📚 The Encyclopedia of Chicago is the biggest, most complete book on Chicago history I have ever flipped through. I may be from Detroit (and I wish they made one for Detroit), but this hardcover reference is so packed with maps, neighborhoods and timelines that I had to show it to you.

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0:00 Why there's no Encyclopedia of Detroit
0:14 The Encyclopedia of Chicago: a huge book
0:53 Flipping through the 2004 edition
1:23 Maps, mayors and a Chicago timeline
2:16 Neighborhood history: Pilsen and Wicker Park
2:45 Where the name Chicago comes from
3:14 A great coffee table book for cheap

🏙 What's inside
Edited by James R. Grossman, Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, and developed by the Newberry Library with the Chicago Historical Society, this 2004 University of Chicago Press hardcover runs more than 1,100 pages. You get 1,400+ alphabetical entries on neighborhoods, suburbs, ethnic groups, architecture, business, sports and more, nearly 400 thumbnail maps, a Chicago mayors list, a timeline, and a biographical dictionary of more than 2,000 people.

🧭 Why it's fun to browse
I lived in Wicker Park, so reading why neighborhoods like Pilsen, Wicker Park and Bucktown got their names, and how they changed as they gentrified, was a blast. It even digs into big Chicago questions like the Great Chicago Fire and where the name Chicago came from (the wild onion theory).

💡 Who it's for
Chicagoans, history buffs, teachers, and anyone who wants a coffee table book that settles bar arguments. It used to be pricey, but I picked up a used copy in very good condition for about 15 bucks on Amazon.

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