Marshall Field's the store that helped build Chicago

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ISBN: 9781614230007 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1614230005 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (155 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010.

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.