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French versions of chapters 3–7 were originally published as Histoire de Chicago, by Andrew Diamond and Pap Ndiaye. © Librairie Arthème Fayard, 2013.

Parts of chapters 1 and 5 originally appeared in a somewhat different form in Mean Streets: Chicago Youths and the Everyday Struggle for Empowerment in the Multiracial City, 1908–1969 (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2009).

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Diamond, Andrew J., author.

Title: Chicago on the make : power and inequality in a modern city / Andrew J. Diamond.

Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017026928| ISBN 9780520286481 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780520286498 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780520961715 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Chicago (Ill.)—Politics and government—20th century. | Chicago (Ill.)—History—20th century. | Chicago (Ill.)—Social conditions—20th century.

Classification: LCC F548.5 .D525 2017 | DDC 977.3/1104—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017026928

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