Michigan's Lumbertowns

Lumberman and Laborers in Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon, 1870-1905

Omschrijving

Michigan's foremost lumbertowns, flourishing urban industrial centers in the late 19th century, faced economic calamity with the depletion of timber supplies by the end of the century. Turning to their own resources and reflecting individual cultural identities, Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon developed dissimilar strategies to sustain their urban industrial status. This study is a comprehensive history of these lumbertowns from their inception as frontier settlements to their emergence as reshaped industrial centers. Primarily an examination of the role of the entrepreneur in urban economic development, Michigan Lumbertowns considers the extent to which the entrepreneurial approach was influenced by each city's cultural-ethnic construct and its social history. More than a narrative history, it is a study of violence, business, and social change.
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Schrijver
Kilar, Jeremy W
Titel
Michigan's Lumbertowns
Uitgever
Wayne State University Press
Jaar
1990
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
364
Gewicht
499 gr
EAN
9780814320730
Afmetingen
229 x 152 x 25 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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