| Rust Belt Chicago: An Anthology Contributor(s): Bayne, Martha (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0997774371 ISBN-13: 9780997774375 Publisher: Belt Publishing OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - Midwest - East North Central (il, In, Mi, Oh, Wi) - Social Science | Essays - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Dewey: 810.803 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 230 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chicago is built on a foundation of meat and railroads and steel, on opportunity and exploitation - but its identity long ago stretched past manufacturing. Today, the city continues to lure new residents from around the world, and from across a region rocked by recession and deindustrialization. But the problems that plague the region don't disappear once you pass the Indiana border. In fact, they're often amplified. A city defined by movement that's the anchor of the Midwest, bound to its neighbors by a shared ecosystem and economy, Chicago's complicated - both of the Rust Belt and beyond it. Rust Belt Chicago collects essays, journalism, fiction, and poetry from more than fifty writers who speak both directly and elliptically to the concerns the city shares with the region at large, and the elements that set it apart. With affection and curiosity, frustration, anger, and joy, the writers sing to each other like the bird on the cover. At times the song sings in harmony and at others sounds in notes of strategic dissonance. But taken as a whole, this book sings one song, responding to one cacophonous city. |