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" Morgan Park : "
Arnold R. Alanen ; with photographs by Chris Faust.
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BL
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1020316
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b774686
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| Main Entry
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Alanen, Arnold R., (Arnold Robert)
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Morgan Park : : Duluth, U.S. Steel, and the forging of a company town /\ Arnold R. Alanen ; with photographs by Chris Faust.
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (xviii, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations, maps
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0816653720
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0816641366
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0816641374
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9780816641369
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9780816641376
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-326) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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,
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United States Steel Corporation-- History.
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United States Steel Corporation.
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City planning-- Minnesota-- Duluth-- History.
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Company towns-- Minnesota-- Duluth-- History.
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Steel industry and trade-- Minnesota-- Duluth-- History.
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City planning.
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Company towns.
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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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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- Urban.
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Steel industry and trade.
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Minnesota, Duluth.
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| Dewey Classification
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307.76/709776771
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HN80.D88A53 2007eb
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