Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Introduction: Model company towns in America, 1800-1914 -- The economics and politics of iron ore and big steel -- Building a steel plant : recession, indecision, and war -- Neighborhood housing from Gary to Oliver -- The emergence of a model company town -- Stability and prosperity for U.S. steel -- The complete company town -- Engineering the good life -- Struggling for work during the 1930s -- Getting by and making do -- More steel for another war -- No more company housing -- Six strikes to shutdown -- Preserving the model town |
Summary |
From 1915 to 1971 the large U.S. Steel plant was a major part of Duluth's landscape and life. Just as important was Morgan Park's innovatively planned and close-knit community constructed for the plant's employees and their families. In this book Arnold R. Alanen presents vivid portraits of Morgan Park, the formerly company-controlled town that now stands as a city neighborhood, and the U.S. Steel plant for which it was built. Planned by renowned landscape architects, architects, and engineers, |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-326) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
United States Steel Corporation -- History
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SUBJECT |
United States Steel Corporation fast |
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Company towns -- Minnesota -- Duluth -- History
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City planning -- Minnesota -- Duluth -- History
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Steel industry and trade -- Minnesota -- Duluth -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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City planning
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Company towns
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Steel industry and trade
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Minnesota -- Duluth
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780816653720 |
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0816653720 |
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