The Making of Milwaukee,9780938076148

The Making of Milwaukee

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ISBN13: 9780938076148
ISBN10: 0938076140
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-12-01
Publisher(s): Milwaukee County Historical Society
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Author Biography

John Gurda is a Milwaukee-born writer and historian who has been studying his hometown since 1972. Gurda is also a photographer, lecturer, and local history columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He holds a B.A. in English from Boston College and an M.A. in Cultural Geography from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Gurda is a seven-time winner of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin's Award of Merit

Table of Contents

Native Milwaukee
1(22)
City on the Swamp, 1835-1846
23(36)
Here Come the Germans, 1846-1865
59(46)
Wheat, Iron, Beer, and Bloodshed, 1865-1886
105(52)
Triumph of the Workingman, 1886-1910
157(56)
A Bigger, Brighter, and Blander Milwaukee, 1910-1930
213(62)
Hard Times and Wartime, 1930-1945
275(44)
The Exploding Metropolis, 1945-1967
319(58)
Shifting Currents, 1967-
377(62)
Bibliography 439(8)
Index 447

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