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Bibliography of Metropolitan Milwaukee - - Bog - Marquette University Press - Plusbog.dk

Bibliography of Metropolitan Milwaukee - - Bog - Marquette University Press - Plusbog.dk

Are you researching the history of the Milwaukee area and looking for suggestions about what to read next? If so, this Bibliography of Metropolitan Milwaukee provides an excellent starting point. Organized into 19 thematic chapters that are further organized by topic, The Bibliography of Metropolitan Milwaukee includes resources for Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha counties. Subjects covered include places, biographies, race and ethnicity, politics, business, the economy, charity, religion, the arts, architecture, recreation, health, gender, the natural environment, media, infrastructure, bibliographies, and archives. This volume offers the most comprehensive bibliographical resources about the Milwaukee area ever produced.

DKK 317.00
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Making Milwaukee Mightier - John Mccarthy - Bog - Cornell University Press - Plusbog.dk

Making Milwaukee Mightier - John Mccarthy - Bog - Cornell University Press - Plusbog.dk

Progressive Era city planners are best known for grandiose civic designs, boosterish planning reports, and promoting technical expertise. Traditionally, Milwaukee has not been considered a national standout in these early endeavors; however, the planners in this city are distinctive precisely because they prioritized solving the social problem of overcrowding in lieu of more conventional planning goals. Another unique characteristic of this period is the long tenure of socialist city government. McCarthy offers fresh new insights into socialism''s impact on Milwaukee, studying the planning and growth policies of all three of the city''s socialist mayors and finding striking continuity in the movement''s metropolitan visions. While most of its Midwest counterparts saw their urban boundaries frozen, Milwaukee grew dramatically during this crucial era in American urban history. Its growth, however, drew the ire of increasingly hostile suburban neighbors, resulting in a prolonged conflict between city and suburbs that reached a crescendo in the 1950s, when suburbanization overwhelmed Milwaukee''s capacity to grow. McCarthy concludes his study with thoughtful observation on Milwaukee''s relationship to its suburbs at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Making Milwaukee Mightier amplifies the importance of some historical figures rarely discussed by urban historians, including Charles Whitnall, the city''s most influential planner, and Frank Zeidler, the last socialist mayor in modern U.S. history whose views on urban redevelopment differed greatly from his postwar contemporaries in other cities. McCarthy takes such issues as planning, housing, annexation, and suburbanization—often viewed in isolation from one another—and examines the roles each played in the battle for Milwaukee''s growth. He also situates Milwaukee''s metropolitan history nationally and illuminates the city''s role as a forerunner for some of urban America''s most unique policies. Urban historians, city planners, practitioners, and those interested in the history of Milwaukee will enjoy McCarthy''s highly original work.

DKK 329.00
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Milwaukee Road Remembered - Jim Scribbins - Bog - University of Minnesota Press - Plusbog.dk

Milwaukee Road Remembered - Jim Scribbins - Bog - University of Minnesota Press - Plusbog.dk

Relive the heyday of the Milwaukee Road in this fond look back The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific was a railroad with a big personality. For a time it offered the world’s fastest steam-powered passenger trains. Extending from Indiana to Puget Sound, it crossed five mountain ranges in Montana, Idaho, and Washington. It was also the first railroad to prove the feasibility of long distance movement of heavy trains by electricity. All-welded freight and passenger cars were pioneered in its shops, and Milwaukee Road mechanical engineers planned the first streamlined steam locomotives intended for sustained 100 mph speeds. In Milwaukee Road Remembered, eminent railway historian Jim Scribbins provides a richly illustrated history of the unique challenges and successes of this storied railroad.

DKK 264.00
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Building Milwaukee City Hall - Dennis Pajot - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Building Milwaukee City Hall - Dennis Pajot - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Milwaukee''s City Hall on East Wells and North Water streets is a landmark. Not only officially, but as part of Milwaukee''s identity, from the city''s flag to the Laverne and Shirley sit-com in the 1970s. The site for this familiar building was not easily chosen. The final location was not the first choice for most of Milwaukee''s movers and shakers, and after it was finally settled upon, the difficulties only became bigger. Battles over designs and the bidding process became politically heated and personal in nature. Cost overruns in the construction, although common at the time, grew to gigantic proportions. The completed building was, however, structurally sound and pleasing to the eye. Still standing 115 years later, it is a monument to the Milwaukee government officials, architect and builder.

DKK 429.00
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Historic Photos of Milwaukee - - Bog - Turner Publishing Company - Plusbog.dk

Historic Photos of Milwaukee - - Bog - Turner Publishing Company - Plusbog.dk

From the original founding fathers of Juneau, Kilbourn and Walker to becoming the brewing capitol of the world, Historic Photos of Milwaukee is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives. With around 200 photographs, many of which have never been published, this beautiful coffee table book shows the historical growth from the mid 1800''s to the late 1900''s of ?The City of Festivals? in stunning black and white photography. The book follows life, government, events and people important to Milwaukee and the building of this unique city. Spanning over two centuries and two hundred photographs, this is a must have for any long-time resident or history lover of Milwaukee!

DKK 298.00
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Milwaukee in Stone and Clay - Raymond Wiggers - Bog - Cornell University Press - Plusbog.dk

Milwaukee in Stone and Clay - Raymond Wiggers - Bog - Cornell University Press - Plusbog.dk

Milwaukee in Stone and Clay follows directly in the footsteps of Raymond Wiggers''s previous award-winning book, Chicago in Stone and Clay . It offers a wide-ranging look at the fascinating geology found in the building materials of Milwaukee County''s architectural landmarks. And it reveals the intriguing and often surprising links between science, art, and engineering. Laid out in two main sections, the book first introduces the reader to the fundamentals of Milwaukee''s geology and its amazing prehuman history, then provides a site-by-site tour guide. Written in an engaging, informal style, this work presents the first in-depth exploration of the interplay among the region''s most architecturally significant sites, the materials they''re made of, and the sediments and bedrock they''re anchored in. Raymond Wiggers crafted Milwaukee in Stone and Clay as an informative and exciting overview of this city. His two decades of experience leading architectural-geology tours have demonstrated the popularity of this approach and the subject matter.

DKK 246.00
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