1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957905403321

Autore

Cremin Dennis H

Titolo

Grant Park : the evolution of Chicago's front yard / / Dennis H. Cremin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8093-3252-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

977.3/11

Soggetti

Social change - Illinois - Chicago - History

City planning - Illinois - Chicago - History

Community development - Illinois - Chicago - History

Landscape architecture - Illinois - Chicago - History

Urban parks - United States

Grant Park (Chicago, Ill.) History

Chicago (Ill.) History

Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs

Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Early Park History : Lake, Land, and Place -- Lake Park : A Cultural and Civic Center -- The World's Columbian Exposition and Chicago's Cultural Flowering -- Making the White City Permanent -- The New Design -- Gateway and Cultural Center : From A Century of Progress to Postwar Park -- Parking Lots, Protests, and Mayhem : Grant Park in the Daley Era -- The Park Reenvisioned and Renewed.

Sommario/riassunto

On November 4, 2008, when president-elect Barack Obama celebrated his victory with more than one hundred thousand supporters in Chicago, everyone knew where to meet. Long considered the showplace and cultural center of Chicago, Grant Park has been the site of tragedy and tension, as well success and joy. In addition to serving as the staging grounds for Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession through the city, the park has been the setting for civil rights protests and the 1968 Democratic National Convention demonstrations. The faithful attended the open-air mass of Pope John Paul II in Grant Par



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957504303321

Titolo

The enlarged European Union : diversity and adaptation / / editors, Peter Mair, Jan Zielonka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-34463-2

0-203-04582-3

1-283-88468-2

1-136-34456-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MairPeter

ZielonkaJan <1955->

Disciplina

940.56

Soggetti

Group identity - Europe

National characteristics, European

European Union countries Emigration and immigration

European Union countries Ethnic relations

European Union countries Economic integration

Europe Politics and government 1989-

European Union countries Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : diversity and adaptation in the enlarged European Union / Jan Zielonka and Peter Mair -- Eastern enlargement of the European Union and the identity of Europe / Dieter Fuchs and Hans-Dieter Klingemann -- Culture and national identity : 'the East' and European integration / David D. Laitin -- Discomforts of victory : democracy, liberal values, and nationalism in post-communist Europe / Vladimir Tismaneanu -- Making institutions in Central and Eastern Europe, and the impact of Europe / Darina Malova and Tim Haughton -- Making markets and eastern enlargement : diverging convergence? / Laszlo Bruszt -- Health not wealth : enlarging the EMU / Daniel Gros -- The welfare state in transition economies and accession to the EU / Hans-Jürgen Wagener -- Approaching the EU and reaching the US? : rival



narratives on transforming welfare regimes in East-Central Europe / János Mátyás Kovács.

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing upon the emerging patterns of unity and diversity in the enlarged European Union, this study explores enlargement from the East and the impact this will have on the future identity of Europe.