{"product_id":"morgan-park-duluth-u-s-steel-and-the-forging-of-a-company-town-paperback","title":"Morgan Park: Duluth, U.S. Steel, and the Forging of a Company Town - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArnold R. Alanen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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-an innovatively planned and close-knit community constructed for the plant's employees and their families. In this new book Arnold R. Alanen brings to life 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanned by renowned landscape architects, architects, and engineers, and provided with schools, churches, and recreational and medical services by U.S. Steel, Morgan Park is an iconic example-like Lowell, Massachusetts, and Pullman, Illinois-of a twentieth-century company town, as well as a window into northeastern Minnesota's industrial roots.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStarting with the intense political debates that preceded U.S. Steel's decision to build a plant in Duluth, Morgan Park follows the town and its residents through the boom years to the closing of the outmoded facility-an event that foreshadowed industrial shutdowns elsewhere in the United States-and up to today, as current residents work to preserve the community's historic character.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough compelling archival and contemporary photographs and vibrant stories of a community built of concrete and strong as steel, Alanen shows the impact both the plant and Morgan Park have had on life in Duluth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArnold R. Alanen is professor of landscape architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His previous books include Main Street Ready-Made: The New Deal Community of Greendale, Wisconsin and Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 10 x 7.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757834830112,"sku":"9780816641376","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/724f99623ffe5500a60f50b0d8033d3c.webp?v=1780112951","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/morgan-park-duluth-u-s-steel-and-the-forging-of-a-company-town-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}