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During the late 1800s, the rise of manufacturing, the first soaring skyscrapers, new symphony orchestras and art museums, and winning baseball teams all heralded the midwestern city's coming of age. Jon C. Teaford chronicles the development of these cities of the industrial Midwest as they challenged the urban supremacy of the East.Teaford, Jon C. is the author of 'Cities of the Heartland The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Midwest', published 1994 under ISBN 9780253209146 and ISBN 0253209145.
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