Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-326) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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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JSTOR
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OverDrive, Inc.
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22573/cttbjbn3
Stock Number
429CAF6C-D7C0-4F57-B4E8-8AF3CDD890C5
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Title
Morgan Park.
International Standard Book Number
0816641366
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States Steel Corporation-- History.
United States Steel Corporation.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
City planning-- Minnesota-- Duluth-- History.
Company towns-- Minnesota-- Duluth-- History.
Steel industry and trade-- Minnesota-- Duluth-- History.
City planning.
Company towns.
HISTORY-- United States-- State & Local-- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)