Il Maiale E Il Grattacielo. Chicago, Una Storia... ⇒

( The Pig and the Skyscraper: Chicago: A History of Our Future ) is a widely acclaimed sociological and anthropological essay by Italian journalist and physicist Marco d’Eramo . First published in 1995, it uses Chicago as a "laboratory of modernity" to explore how pure capitalism has shaped the contemporary city and, by extension, the future of Western urban life. Core Themes and Insights