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The Company Town

Author : Hardy Green
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465022642
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Company Town written by Hardy Green and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Company town: The very phrase sounds un-American. Yet company towns are the essence of America. Hershey bars, Corning glassware, Kohler bathroom fixtures, Maytag washers, Spam -- each is the signature product of a company town in which one business, for better or worse, exercises a grip over the population. In The Company Town, Hardy Green, who has covered American business for over a decade, offers a compelling analysis of the emergence of these communities and their role in shaping the American economy, beginning in the country's earliest years.From the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, to the R&D labs of Corning, New York; from the coal mines of Ludlow, Colorado, to corporate campuses of today's major tech companies: America has been uniquely open to the development of the single-company community. But rather than adhering to a uniform blueprint, American company towns represent two very different strands of capitalism. One is socially benign -- a paternalistic, utopian ideal that fosters the development of schools, hospitals, parks, and desirable housing for its workers. The other, "Exploitationville,"; focuses only on profits, at the expense of employees"; well-being.Adeptly distinguishing between these two models, Green offers rich stories about town-builders and workers. He vividly describes the origins of America's company towns, the living and working conditions that characterize them, and the violent, sometimes fatal labor confrontations that have punctuated their existence. And he chronicles the surprising transformation underway in many such communities today. With fascinating profiles of American moguls -- from candyman Milton Hershey and steel man Elbert H. Gary to oil tycoon Frank Phillips and Manhattan Project czar General Leslie B. Groves -- The Company Town is a sweeping tale of how the American economy has grown and changed, and how these urban centers have reflected the best and worst of American capitalism.

Hoosiers and the American Story

Author : Madison, James H.
Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0871953633
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book Hoosiers and the American Story written by Madison, James H. and published by Indiana Historical Society. This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A supplemental textbook for middle and high school students, Hoosiers and the American Story provides intimate views of individuals and places in Indiana set within themes from American history. During the frontier days when Americans battled with and exiled native peoples from the East, Indiana was on the leading edge of America’s westward expansion. As waves of immigrants swept across the Appalachians and eastern waterways, Indiana became established as both a crossroads and as a vital part of Middle America. Indiana’s stories illuminate the history of American agriculture, wars, industrialization, ethnic conflicts, technological improvements, political battles, transportation networks, economic shifts, social welfare initiatives, and more. In so doing, they elucidate large national issues so that students can relate personally to the ideas and events that comprise American history. At the same time, the stories shed light on what it means to be a Hoosier, today and in the past.

The American Contractor

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1738 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The American Contractor written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cities of the Heartland

Author : Jon C. Teaford
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253209146
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Cities of the Heartland written by Jon C. Teaford and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993-04-22 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1880s and '90s, the rise of manufacturing, the first soaring skyscrapers, new symphony orchestras and art museums, and winning baseball teams all heralded the midwestern city's coming of age. In this book, Jon C. Teaford chronicles the development of these cities of the industrial Midwest as they challenged the urban supremacy of the East. The antebellum growth of Cincinnati to Queen City status was followed by its eclipse, as St. Louis and then Chicago developed into industrial and cultural centers. During the second quarter of the twentieth century, emerging Sunbelt cities began to rob the heartland of its distinction as a boom area. In the last half of the century, however, midwestern cities have suffered some of their most trying times. With the 1970s and '80s came signs of age and obsolescence; the heartland had become the "rust belt."" "Teaford examines the complex "heartland consciousness" of the industrial Midwest through boom and bust. Geographically, economically, and culturally, the midwestern city is "a legitimate subspecies of urban life.--[book jacket].

Gary, the Most American of All American Cities

Author : S. Paul O'Hara
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253004993
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Gary, the Most American of All American Cities written by S. Paul O'Hara and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. Steel created Gary, Indiana. The new steel plant and town built on the site in 1906 were at once a triumph of industrial capitalism and a bold experiment in urban planning. Gary became the canvas onto which the American public projected its hopes and fears about modern, industrial society. In its prime, Gary was known as "the magic city," "steel's greatest achievement," and "an industrial utopia"; later it would be called "the very model of urban decay." S. Paul O'Hara traces this stark reversal of fortune and reveals America's changing expectations. He delivers a riveting account of the boom or bust mentality of American industrialism from the turn of the 20th century to the present day.

Magic City Nights

Author : Andre Millard
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819576999
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Magic City Nights written by Andre Millard and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploration of rock 'n' roll music and culture in Birmingham, Alabama, is based on the oral histories of musicians, their fans and professionals in the popular music industry. Collected over a twenty-year period, their stories describe the coming of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, the rise of the garage bands in the 1960s, of southern rock in the 1970s, and of alternative music in the 1980s and 1990s. Told in the words of the musicians themselves, Magic City Nights provides an insider's view of the dramatic changes in the business and status of popular music from the era of the vacuum tube to twenty-first-century digital technology. These collective memories offer a unique perspective on the impact of a subversive and racially integrated music culture in one of the most conservative and racially divided cities in the country.

Miscellaneous Series

Author : United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Miscellaneous Series written by United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Working in the Magic City

Author : Thomas A. Castillo
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252053451
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Working in the Magic City written by Thomas A. Castillo and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early twentieth century, Miami cultivated an image of itself as a destination for leisure and sunshine free from labor strife. Thomas A. Castillo unpacks this idea of class harmony and the language that articulated its presence by delving into the conflicts, repression, and progressive grassroots politics of the time. Castillo pays particular attention to how class and race relations reflected and reinforced the nature of power in Miami. Class harmony argued against the existence of labor conflict, but in reality obscured how workers struggled within the city's service-oriented seasonal economy. Castillo shows how and why such an ideal thrived in Miami’s atmosphere of growth and boosterism and amidst the political economy of tourism. His analysis also presents class harmony as a theoretical framework that broadens our definitions of class conflict and class consciousness.

Scientific American

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scientific American written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Gary System

Author : University of Rochester. Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Gary System written by University of Rochester. Library and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

City of the Century

Author : James B. Lane
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253111876
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book City of the Century written by James B. Lane and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1978-10-22 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Steel Corporation founded Gary in 1906 as an experiment in industrial urban planning, and the inscription on the city's official seal accordingly proclaims it the "City of the Century." Gary proved to be no more immune to the woes of industrialization than any other American city, however. To some, in fact, it has come to epitomize all that is wrong with contemporary urban life. But as this book clearly shows, the people of Gary have refused to surrender their sense of hope, their dignity, and their pride to the prophesiers of doom. At once scholarly and colorful, "City of the Century" is an outgrowth of urban historian James B. Lane's popular weekly columns for the Gary Post-Tribune. Lane uses the oral testimony of the people of Gary to tell a fascinating story. There are episodes of personal tragedy and heroism here, of frustrated dreams and tarnished reputations, and of challenges met and obstacles overcome.

Americanization, Social Control, and Philanthropy

Author : George E. Pozzetta
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780824074142
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Americanization, Social Control, and Philanthropy written by George E. Pozzetta and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1991 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Electrical World

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1662 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Electrical World written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Classified Selected List of References on City Plannng

Author : Theodora Kimball Hubbard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classified Selected List of References on City Plannng written by Theodora Kimball Hubbard and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Exurbia Now

Author : David Masciotra
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 168589089X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book Exurbia Now written by David Masciotra and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The suburbs have become too liberal and diverse for many white American conservatives, so “exurbia”—areas outside the cities and their suburbs—are becoming the staging ground for the radical right extremist insurgency . . . Beyond a fanatical devotion to former president Donald Trump, one of the curious things that united the rank and file of the January 6 insurrectionist mob was that many of them were residents of one of America’s fastest growing residential areas: Exurbia. Home to the likes of Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ohio’s Jim Jordan, big box retailers, chain restaurants, monster trucks, and megachurches, exurbia is becoming America’s greatest political battleground, more important to American politics than urban or rural America. In this brilliant work of political and cultural inquiry, veteran political journalist David Masciotra provides a definitive account of what exurbia is, how it came to be, and how it's transforming American life. Zooming in outside the greater metropolitan area of Chicago—where Masciotra grew up—he shows how exurbia has become a safe space to fly the MAGA flag and romanticize the mores of the pre-civil rights, pre-feminist, pre-gay rights 1950s. But, as Masciotra also shows, reactionary white flight is not the whole story of small-town America. The story often lost is the power and persistence of small-town liberals—people who believe in equality, celebrate diversity, and enroll in movements for justice. Exurbia, as it turns out, is ground zero for the fight over a democracy mightily beleaguered, yet still full of promise, and still worth fighting for. Combining interviews, research, and anecdote—and anchored in personal experience—Exurbia Now delivers a powerful ballad on the state of small-town America, and provides a sense of the fight for democracy, on the ground, in the heartland.

Congressional Record

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American Paper Son

Author : Wayne Hung Wong
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252056523
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book American Paper Son written by Wayne Hung Wong and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2024-04-22 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early and mid-twentieth century, Chinese migrants evaded draconian anti-immigrant laws by entering the US under false papers that identified them as the sons of people who had returned to China to marry. Wayne Hung Wong tells the story of his life after emigrating to Wichita, Kansas, as a thirteen-year-old paper son. After working in his father’s restaurant as a teen, Wong served in an all-Chinese Air Force unit stationed in China during World War II. His account traces the impact of race and segregation on his service experience and follows his postwar life from finding a wife in Taishan through his involvement in the government’s amnesty program for Chinese immigrants and career in real estate. Throughout, Wong describes the realities of life as part of a small Chinese American community in a midwestern town. Vivid and rich with poignant insights, American Paper Son explores twentieth-century Asian American history through one person’s experiences.