books by Dominic A. Pacyga

books by Dominic A. Pacyga

books:

Dominic A. Pacyga

Chicago's Southeast Side Revisited (IL) (Images of America)

Rod Sellers, Dominic A. Pacyga

Arcadia Publishing, 1998

My review
This is a great book for everyone to read. Its all pictures with captions below. Anybody who grew up on the Southeast side (like me)need to buy this book. It has a history of this side dating back to before the turn of the century. I think it desearves more than a ...

The Chicago Bungalow (IL) (GEN)

Arcadia Publishing, 2003

Social History
"The Chicago Bungalow" is a collection of essays created as a companion volume to a Chicago Architectural Foundation exhibition staged in connection with the City's Historic Chicago Bungalow Initiative, which provides financing and other incentives to help bungalow ...

Chicago City of Neighborhoods: Histories and Tours

Dominic A. Pacyga, Ellen Skerrett

Loyola Pr, 1986

Who knew neighborhood history could be so good?
This is literally an indespensible book for anybody interested in Chicago history, because for once a book more or less ignores politicians, big business, and downtown and concentrates on neighborhoods, churches, and "the little people" without being pedantic, ...

Polish Immigrants and Industrial Chicago: Workers on the South Side, 1880-1922

Dominic A. Pacyga

University Of Chicago Press, 2003

An Excellent Snapshot of Polish-American History.
If you've traced your Polish ancestors back to turn-of-the-century Chicago, You will find a lot of valuable insights on their experience by reading this book. The life of any new immigrant was never very easy in this country and Pacyga leads you through all of the ...