| The Making of Milwaukee Contributor(s): Gurda, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0692138374 ISBN-13: 9780692138373 Publisher: Milwaukee County Historical Society OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 977.595 |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 8.7" W x 9.1" (3.48 lbs) 458 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Geographic Orientation - Wisconsin - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Making of Milwaukee is generally acknowledged as the standard history of Wisconsin's largest city. Well-written, superbly organized, and lavishly illustrated, it tells the story of a Midwest metropolis that has been, at various times, the largest shipper of wheat on earth, America's most "foreign" city, the nation's beer capital, "The Machine Shop of the World," and the epicenter of municipal Socialism. Renowned historian John Gurda chronicles the development of a human-scale metropolis, a community whose past has produced one of the most livable big cities in America and, at the same time, created some daunting social and economic problems. This fourth edition of the book features a thoroughly updated text and an all-new chapter that brings Milwaukee's story up to the present day. |