(print) ix, 230 p. : 12 maps ; 24 cm

List of Tables vii -- List of Maps viii -- Acknowledgments ix -- Introduction 1 -- 1. Patterns of Settlement 11 -- 2. The Expansion of City Government 33 -- 3. Technological Change and Chicago Homes 51 -- 4. The Best of Both Worlds 64 -- 5. Local Government Responds to Suburbanization 79 -- 6. Suburban Government and Annexation 98 -- 7. The Suburb Arrived 120 -- Notes 127 -- Selected Bibliography 155 -- Appendix A. -- Note on Tables 169 -- Tables 172 -- Appendix B. -- Maps 209 -- Index 221