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SenSing ChiCago Studies in Sensory History Series Editor Mark M. Smith, University of South Carolina Series Editorial Board Martin A. Berger, University of California at Santa Cruz Constance Classen, Concordia University William A. Cohen, University of Maryland gabriella M. Petrick, new York University Richard Cullen Rath, University of Hawai‘i at Ma¯noa A list of books in the series appears at the end of this book. SenSi ng ChiCago noisemakers, Strikebreakers, and Muckrakers AdAM MACk University of Illinois Press Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield © 2015 by the Board of Trustees of the University of illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 c p 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data Mack, Adam, 1973– Sensing Chicago : noisemakers, strikebreakers, and muckrakers / Adam Mack. pages cm. — (Studies in sensory history) includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-252-03918-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-252-08075-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-252-09722-5 (e-book) 1. Chicago (ill.)—History—19th century. 2. Chicago (ill.)—History—20th century. 3. Senses and sensation—illinois—Chicago—History—19th century. 4. Senses and sensation—illinois— Chicago—History—20th century. 5. Chicago (ill.)—Social conditions—19th century. 6. Chicago (ill.)—Social conditions—20th century. i. Title. F548.3.M19 2015 977.3’1103--dc23 2014042404 To my mom and dad Chicago. name from an indian word variously translated as “garlic,” “skunk,” or “wild onion.” —from Illinois Place Names (1989) Contents Acknowledgments ix introduction 1 1 Smelling Civic Peril: The Chicago Styx 11 2 Sensory Overload: The Chicago Fire, 1871 33 3 To Quiet the Roar of the Mob: george M. Pullman’s Model Town 51 4 A Revolutionary and a Puritan: Upton Sinclair and The Jungle 71 5 Sensory Refreshment: The Other White City 95 notes 113 Bibliography 143 index 157 Illustrations follow page 50 aCknowledgments it’s a pleasure to thank the many people who helped me prepare this book. i owe an enormous debt to the School of the Art institute of Chicago (SAiC), a vibrant artistic and intellectual community that serves as my institutional home in the Windy City. At SAiC i have benefited from the guidance and generosity of two department chairs, Paul Ashley and Raja Halwani. The administration has been equally supportive and helpful. i thank the dean of faculty, Lisa Wainwright, for her enthusiastic response to my work and for the Faculty enrichment grant that made finishing it much easier than it would have been otherwise. The extraordinary admin- istrative staff at the Liberal Arts department, especially Shay degrandis and Teena McClelland, have helped me with just about everything related to the management of my research and teaching. SAiC’s Computer Re- sources and information Technologies service kept my data secure and saved me—more than once—from terrifying computer malfunctions of my own making. The students in my classes have provided encouragement and advice, reminding me of the value of broadly accessible scholarship. A coincidence of my arrival at SAiC is that my predecessor, the late george H. Roeder Jr., issued one of the original calls for a sensorial history of American life. My hope is that Sensing Chicago speaks to the growing scholarship on sensory history in productive ways and that my colleagues and students at SAiC will find it an intriguing approach to Chicago’s past and present.
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