How Long to Read Chicago's Industrial Decline

How Long Does it Take to Read Chicago's Industrial Decline?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Chicago's Industrial Decline by Robert Lewis

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In Chicago's Industrial Decline Robert Lewis charts the city's decline since the 1920s and describes the early development of Chicago's famed (and reviled) growth machine. Beginning in the 1940s and led by local politicians, downtown business interest, financial institutions, and real estate groups, place-dependent organizations in Chicago implemented several industrial renewal initiatives with the dual purpose of stopping factory closings and attracting new firms in order to turn blighted property into modern industrial sites. At the same time, a more powerful coalition sought to adapt the urban fabric to appeal to middle-class consumption and residential living. As Lewis shows, the two aims were never well integrated, and the result was on-going disinvestment and the inexorable decline of Chicago's industrial space. By the 1950s, Lewis argues, it was evident that the early incarnation of the growth machine had failed to maintain Chicago's economic center in industry. Although larger economic and social forces—specifically, competition for business and for residential development from the suburbs in the Chicagoland region and across the whole United States—played a role in the city's industrial decline, Lewis stresses the deep incoherence of post-WWII economic policy and urban planning that hoped to square the circle by supporting both heavy industry and middle- to upper-class amenities in downtown Chicago.

How long is Chicago's Industrial Decline?

Chicago's Industrial Decline by Robert Lewis is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Chicago's Industrial Decline Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Chicago's Industrial Decline aloud.

What Reading Level is Chicago's Industrial Decline?

Chicago's Industrial Decline is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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