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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: James BallowePublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9780875803982ISBN 10: 0875803989 Pages: 318 Publication Date: 23 March 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Part I: 1854–1879 Prologue 1. A Prairie Education 2. A Prolonged Apprenticeship Part II: 1880–1915 3. A Place in Chicago 4. Joy Morton & Co. 5. Two Cities 6. Business and Politics 7. Toward a New Century 8. Civic Commitment 9. The House on the Hill Part III: 1916–1934 10. War: Home and Abroad 11. The Morton Arboretum 12. Investing in Illinois 13. Embracing the Future Epilogue The Morton Family's Chicago: 1880–1905 Family Trees: -Joy Morton's Immediate Family -Joy Morton's Brothers' Families Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsClearly organized and well-written. Ballowe makes excellent use of primary sources to create a literate and engaging biography. - Ann Keating, North Central College The great strength of this book is its use of Morton Papers to give a close reading of the subject's life and corporate achievements. It provides a concrete case study of larger themes and issues historians associate with Chicago's coming of age as a regional and national center of commerce and culture. - Dennis Downey, Millersville University Author InformationJames Ballowe, Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Bradley University, teaches in the Naturalist Certificate Program at The Morton Arboretum. He has received awards from the Illinois Arts Council for his poetry and creative non-fiction and the Delta Award from the Morris Library at Southern Illinois University for his publications on Southern Illinois. He is the editor of George Santayana's America. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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