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- Status: Ended
- First Aired: January 13, 2003
- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 3
- Networks: PBS
- Genres: Documentary
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Chicago: City of the Century(2003)
Overview
In just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world. Captains of industry built empires through innovation, ingenuity, determination, and sheer ruthlessness, while the labor of millions of working men and women -- most of them immigrants from Ireland and Northern Europe -- helped reinvent the way America did business.
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Miniseries
3 episodes • 2003
Miniseries
3 episodes • 2003
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mudhole to Metropolis | Jan 13, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Revolution Has Begun | Jan 14, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Battle for Chicago | Jan 15, 2003 | 0.0 |
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