Gary, the Most American of All American Cities

Name: Gary, the Most American of All American Cities
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ISBN: 9780253222886

ISBN-10: 0253222885

ISBN-13: 9780253222886

Edition: 2011

Authors: S. Paul O'Hara, S. Paul O'Hara

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List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 1/6/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Introduction: "Built as It Is on Shifting Sand"



Gary, the Magic City: Creation Myths



"An Industrial Utopia": The Search for Industrial Order



"Making a City to Order": U.S. Steel and the Building of an Industrial Center



A City Built on Sand: Paradox and Meaning



"The Youngest City in the World": The Early Years of an Industrial Frontier



"The Gibraltar of the Steel Corporation": Narrative Meaning in a Steel Strike



"You're a Damned Liar-It's Utopia": Imagining Industrialism between the Wars



The Very Model of Modern Urban Decay: Decline and Fall



"Gary Is a Steel City, Young, Lusty, Brawling": Declension Narratives about Gary



"Epitaph for a Model City": Race, Deindustrialization, and Dystopia


Conclusion: "In Search of America"


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