Calumet Region Indiana S Last Frontier
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The Calumet Region
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Author : Powell A. Moore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
The Calumet Region written by Powell A. Moore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Calumet Region (Ill. and Ind.) categories.
Calumet Region Indiana S Last Frontier
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Author : Powell A. Moore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-01-01
Calumet Region Indiana S Last Frontier written by Powell A. Moore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Calumet Region (Ill. and Ind.) categories.
A history of the Calumet Region of Indiana from the beginning to the close of 1933. While the area's industries expanded and population increased in proportion after 1933, its economic, social, and cultural patters were well established by that date.
City Of Lake And Prairie
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Author : Kathleen A. Brosnan
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2020-09-08
City Of Lake And Prairie written by Kathleen A. Brosnan and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-08 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Known as the Windy City and the Hog Butcher to the World, Chicago has earned a more apt sobriquet—City of Lake and Prairie—with this compelling, innovative, and deeply researched environmental history. Sitting at the southwestern tip of Lake Michigan, one of the largest freshwater bodies in the world, and on the eastern edge of the tallgrass prairies that fill much of the North American interior, early residents in the land that Chicago now occupies enjoyed natural advantages, economic opportunities, and global connections over centuries, from the Native Americans who first inhabited the region to the urban dwellers who built a metropolis in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As one millennium ended and a new one began, these same features sparked a distinctive Midwestern environmentalism aimed at preserving local ecosystems. Drawing on its contributors’ interdisciplinary talents, this volume reveals a rich but often troubled landscape shaped by communities of color, workers, and activists as well as complex human relations with industry, waterways, animals, and disease.
Forging A Community
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Author : James B. Lane
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1987
Forging A Community written by James B. Lane and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
"In Forging a Community, editors Escobar and Lane present an excellent overview of this comparatively neglected Latino settlement. The selections are quite readable and well-balanced." —Lance Trusty, Purdue University Calumet, The Old Northwest
Lead Babies And Poisoned Housing
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Author : Carolyn R. Boiarsky
language : en
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Release Date : 2024-09-01
Lead Babies And Poisoned Housing written by Carolyn R. Boiarsky and has been published by Purdue University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-01 with Political Science categories.
Drawing on historic sources as well as present-day interviews, Lead Babies and Poisoned Housing is a story about systemic racism, environmental injustice, and the failure of government. In 2016, 1,100 mainly minority residents of a low-income housing complex in East Chicago, Indiana, received a letter from the city forcibly evicting them from their homes because a high level of lead was found in the soil under their houses. The residents were given two months to move. Many could not find safe housing nearby. The site was designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as a Superfund site because of the large amount of toxic material on it. More than 1,300 similar sites are located throughout the United States. Over 70 million people live within three miles of one of these sites. Five years later, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General charged three federal agencies—EPA, HUD, and CDC—with causing the lead poisoning of children living in the complex. The EPA, responsible for the cleanup, had been aware of the situation for 35 years. The director of the local housing authority admitted to building the complex over a demolished lead smelter. When health issues arose, the housing authority blamed the residents’ sanitary habits rather than its own failure to maintain the structures. The Center for Disease Control and Preventions’s testing of blood lead levels was revealed to be faulty. In short, the very agencies that were supposed to protect these people instead neglected, ignored, and blamed them. But this isn’t just a story of victimization; it is also about empowerment and community members insisting their voices be heard. Lead Babies and Poisoned Housing records the human side of what happens when the industries responsible for polluting leave, but the residents remain. Those residents tell their stories in their own words—not just what happened to them, but how they acted in response. We should listen, not only for justice, but as a cautionary tale against repeated history.
Lost Hammond Indiana
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Author : Joseph S. Pete
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2020
Lost Hammond Indiana written by Joseph S. Pete and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with History categories.
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Land Of The Millrats
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Author : Richard Mercer Dorson
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1981
Land Of The Millrats written by Richard Mercer Dorson and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.
Most of Richard Dorson's thirty years as folklorist have been spent collecting tales and legends in the remote backcountry, far from the centers of population. For this book he extended his search for folk traditions to one of the most heavily industrialized sections of the United States. Can folklore be found, he wondered, in the Calumet Region of northwest Indiana? Does it exist among the steelworkers, ethnic groups, and blacks in Gary, Whiting, East Chicago, and Hammond? In his usual entertaining style, Dorson shows that a rich and varied folklore exists in the Region. Although it differs from that of rural people, it is equally vital. Much of this urban lore finds expression in conversational anecdotes and stories that deal with pressing issues: the flight from the inner city, crime in the streets, working conditions in the steel mills, the maintenance of ethnic identity, the place of blacks in a predominantly white society. The folklore reveals strongly held attitudes such as the loathing of industrial work, resistance to assimilation, and black adoption of middle-class-white values. Miliworkers and mill executives, housewives, ethnic performers, storekeepers, and preachers tell their stories about the Region. The concerns that occupy them affect city dwellers throughout the United States. Land of the Millrats, though it depicts a special place, speaks for much of America.
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore West Beach Unit Proposed Comprehensive Design
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore West Beach Unit Proposed Comprehensive Design written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
Black Freedom Fighters In Steel
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Author : Ruth Needleman
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2003
Black Freedom Fighters In Steel written by Ruth Needleman and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with African American iron and steel workers categories.
Thousands of African Americans poured into northwest Indiana in the 1920s dreaming of decent-paying jobs and a life without Klansmen, chain gangs, and cotton. Black Freedom Fighters in Steel: The Struggle for Democratic Unionism by Ruth Needleman adds a new dimension to the literature on race and labor. It tells the story of five men born in the South who migrated north for a chance to work the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in the steel mills. Individually they fought for equality and justice; collectively they helped construct economic and union democracy in postwar America. George Kimbley, the oldest, grew up in Kentucky across the street from the family who had owned his parents. He fought with a French regiment in World War I and then settled in Gary, Indiana, in 1920 to work in steel. He joined the Steelworkers Organizing Committee and became the first African American member of its full-time staff in 1938. The youngest, Jonathan Comer, picked cotton on his father's land in Alabama, stood up to racism in the military during World War II, and became the first African American to be president of a basic steel local union. This is a book about the integration of unions, as well as about five remarkable individuals. It focuses on the decisive role of African American leaders in building interracial unionism. One chapter deals with the African American struggle for representation, highlighting the importance of independent black organization within the union. Needleman also presents a conversation among two pioneering steelworkers and current African American union leaders about the racial politics of union activism.
Around The Shores Of Lake Michigan
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Author : Margaret Beattie Bogue
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 1985
Around The Shores Of Lake Michigan written by Margaret Beattie Bogue and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Travel categories.
This superbly organized guide to the 1,600-mile shoreline of Lake Michigan describes 182 historical sites and points of interest. Generously illustrated, it includes historical sketches, keys to recreation, and a large fold-out planner map.