Marshall Field's the store that helped build Chicago
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- ISBN: 9781614230007 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1614230005 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (155 p.) : ill. - Publisher: Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Why Marshall Field's matters -- From the farm to the city : making of a merchant -- Growth and rebirth : Field, Leiter & Company -- Fire and survival : aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire -- Change and philanthropy : the merchant's final years -- Continuing the vision : the John Shedd years -- Progress and despair : the Great Depression and the World's Fair -- From the city to the suburbs : the changing face of retail -- A child's dream : Christmas at Field's -- Winds of change : BATUS and Target -- An icon vanishes : the coming of Macy's. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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