| List of Illustrations | xxiii | |
| List of Tables | xxvii | |
| Part I. | History of the Relation of the Growth of Chicago to the Rise in its Land Values, 1830-1933 | |
| Chapter I. | The Canal Land Boom, 1830-42 | 3 |
| Chapter II. | The Land Boom of the Railroad Era, 1843-62 | 45 |
| Chapter III. | The Land Boom That Followed a Panic, a Civil War, and a Great Fire, 1803-77 | 81 |
| Chapter IV. | The Land Boom of the First Skyscrapers and the First World's Fair, 1878-98 | 128 |
| Chapter V. | The Land Boom of a New Era That Followed a World War, 1898-1933 | 196 |
| Part II. | Analysis of the Relation of the Growth of Chicago to the Rise of its Land Values | |
| Chapter VI. | The Relation Between the Growth of Chicago and the Rise of Its Land Values | 279 |
| Chapter VII. | The Chicago Real Estate Cycle | 368 |
| Appendixes | ||
| Appendix I. | The Chicago Land Market | 427 |
| Appendix II. | Methods Employed in Determining Chicago Land Values, 1830-1932 | 460 |
| Appendix III. | Statistical Tables | 470 |
| Bibliography | ||
| Bibliography | 497 | |
| Index | ||
| Index | 503 |
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