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Book Title: Plan of Chicago : Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0in
Item Width: 0.5in
Author: Carl Smith
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: Urban & Land Use Planning, United States / State & Local / General, United States / 20th Century, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Individual Architects & Firms / General, United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Architecture, History, Political Science
Item Weight: 9.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 202 Pages
