Morgan Park Duluth, U.S. Steel, and the forging of a company town / Arnold R. Alanen ; with photographs by Chris Faust.

Author/creator Alanen, Arnold R.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,
Descriptionxviii, 338 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
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Subjects
United States Steel Corporation--History.
Company towns--Minnesota. --Duluth. --History.
City planning--Minnesota. --Duluth. --History.
Steel industry and trade--Minnesota. --Duluth. --History.

Contents Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction : Model company towns in America, 1800-1914 -- [pt]. 1. A steel plant and a company town, 1907-1915 -- 1. The economics and politics of iron ore and big steel -- 2. Building a steel plant : recession, indecision, and war -- 3. Neighborhood housing from Gary to Oliver -- 4. The emergence of a model company town -- [pt]. 2. Working and living in Morgan Park, 1916-1029 -- 5. Stability and prosperity for U.S. steel -- 6. The complete company town -- 7. Engineering the good life -- [pt]. 3. From despair to prosperity, 1930-1945 -- 8. Struggling for work during the 1930s -- 9. Getting by and making do -- 10. More steel for another war -- 11. No more company housing -- [pt]. 4. Closing a steel plant but preserving a community, 1946-2006 -- 12. Six strikes to shutdown -- 13. Preserving the model town -- Notes -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-326) and index.
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LCCN 2007042110
ISBN9780816641369 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816641366 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816641376 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN0816641374 (pb : alk. paper)

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