Chicago's Inner Districts

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In this article the writer discusses the inner districts of Chicago between the years 1900-1930. The major two works concerning this subject and period were used for this article. The first was the 'JUNGLE' by Upton Sinclair. The second work was regarding the gold coast and the slums. The writer looks at a number of social conditions within the area. "

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"Chicago like many American cities in the early twentieth century was a place of contrasts. It was a place where immigrants came to fulfill their dreams but often realized their worst nightmares. It was the place where some lived in luxury while others lived in grinding poverty. It was the place in which industrialization was driving economic growth while the environment was being degraded. Written accounts of this period in Chicago's history are relatively consistent in their depictions of life in Chicago. To prove this point two different works are examined."

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