Michigan's Lumbertowns Lumbermen and Laborers in Saginaw, Bay City and Muskegon, 1870-1905

Name: Michigan's Lumbertowns Lumbermen and Laborers in Saginaw, Bay City and Muskegon, 1870-1905
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ISBN: 9780814320730

ISBN-10: 0814320732

ISBN-13: 9780814320730

Edition: 1990

Authors: Jeremy W. Kilar

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Michigan's foremost lumbertowns, flourishing urban industrial centers in the late 19th century, faced economic calamity with the depletion of timber supplies by the end of the century. Turning to their own resources and reflecting individual cultural identities, Saginaw, Bay City, and Muskegon developed dissimilar strategies to sustain their urban industrial status. This study is a comprehensive history of these lumbertowns from their inception as frontier settlements to their emergence as reshaped industrial centers.Primarily an examination of the role of the entrepreneur in urban economic development, Michigan Lumbertowns considers the extent to which the entrepreneurial approach was…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Publication date: 8/31/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 362
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English