1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910725013903321

Autore

Lehtonen Tuomas M. S.

Titolo

élites nordiques de l'Europe occidentale (xiie-xve) : actes de la rencontre franco-nordique organisée à Paris, 9-10 juin 2005 / / Tuomas M. S. Lehtonen, Elizabeth Mornet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, France : , : Publications de la Sorbonne, , 2007

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 pages)

Disciplina

940.1

Soggetti

Civilization, Medieval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954117103321

Autore

O'Hara S. Paul

Titolo

Gary, the most American of all American cities / / S. Paul O'Hara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-253-22288-5

1-283-10174-2

9786613101747

0-253-00499-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

977.2/99

Soggetti

Steel industry and trade - Indiana - Gary - History

Industrialization - Social aspects - Indiana - Gary

Gary (Ind.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Gary, the magic city -- pt. 2. A city built on sand -- pt. 3. The very model of modern urban decay : decline and fall.

Sommario/riassunto

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.