Social Geography
of Chicago

The spatial distributions of ethnic and racial communities in Chicago in 1920 and 1980. Compare the two maps.

Red =  Polish
Blue = Germans 		Black = Blacks
Green = Jewish


 What has changed over these 60 years?

View photos of Polish, Italian, Greek, and Ukrainian neighborhoods.

Also view photos of South Asian, Chinese, and Mexican areas.

Answers:

1) How did the European immigrants live? 2) Where and at what did they work?
3) Where and how did they shop? 4) What catastrophes did they experience?
Optional: Examine the Portuguese communities in Southern New England.
 

 

Created by Ingolf Vogeler on 1 June 1996; last revised on 09 March 2005.