Morgan Park
Subtitle: Duluth, U.S. Steel, and the forging of a company town
By: Arnold R. Alanen ; with photographs by Chris Faust.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780816641369; 9780816641376
Subjects: United States Steel Corporation -- History; Company towns -- Minnesota -- Duluth -- History; City planning -- Minnesota -- Duluth -- History; Steel industry and trade -- Minnesota -- Duluth -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-326) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Model company towns in America, 1800-1914; title: The economics and politics of iron ore and big steel; title: Building a steel plant : recession, indecision, and war; title: Neighborhood housing from Gary to Oliver; title: The emergence of a model company town; title: Stability and prosperity for U.S. steel; title: The complete company town; title: Engineering the good life; title: Struggling for work during the 1930s; title: Getting by and making do; title: More steel for another war; title: No more company housing; title: Six strikes to shutdown; title: Preserving the model town.