R Chicago

Bleistein is from Chicago, and thus, like Burbank, an American. Chicago at the beginning of the century was a prosperous trade-city and Americans were in fact a minority group - in 1903 the city's population consisted of several racial groups, the largest of which were the Germans, with 600.000, therewith topping the Americans, who had 350.000 residents.

reference topics

Chicago in Baedeker
The City and the Stranger
Bleistein and Misrepresentation
Burbank and Bleistein
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