{"product_id":"morgan-park-arnold-r-alanen-9780816641376","title":"Morgan Park: Duluth, U.S. Steel, and the Forging of a Company Town","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arnold R. Alanen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816641374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816641376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.06w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2008 pg. 171","brand":"Arnold R. Alanen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926483763455,"sku":"9780816641376","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7122a5eb-bd11-48d2-9c69-e1d6a0f6d69b.jpg?v=1681083324","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/morgan-park-arnold-r-alanen-9780816641376","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}