Gary, the Most American of All American Cities
Autor S. Paul O`haraen Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 ian 2011
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780253222886
ISBN-10: 0253222885
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 191 x 227 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
ISBN-10: 0253222885
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 191 x 227 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
Cuprins
Introduction: "Built as It Is on Shifting Sand"Part 1. Gary, the Magic City: Creation Myths 1. "An Industrial Utopia": The Search for Industrial Order 2. "Making a City to Order": U.S. Steel and the Building of an Industrial CenterPart 2. A City Built on Sand: Paradox and Meaning 3. "The Youngest City in the World": The Early Years of an Industrial Frontier 4. "The Gibraltar of the Steel Corporation": Narrative Meaning in a Steel Strike 5. "You're a Damned Liar--It's Utopia": Imagining Industrialism between the WarsPart 3. The Very Model of Modern Urban Decay: Decline and Fall 6. "Gary Is a Steel City, Young, Lusty, Brawling": Declension Narratives about Gary 7. "Epitaph for a Model City": Race, Deindustrialization, and DystopiaConclusion: "In Search of America"Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Recenzii
"This book is a very good and delightful rendition of how Gary has been/is perceived by the media and those outside of its region. Stephen G. McShane, co-author of Steel Giants (IUP 2009)
Notă biografică
S. Paul O'Hara is Assistant Professor of History at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Descriere
A century of change in an American industrial utopia