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Steel Giants: Historic Images from the Calumet Regional Archives, Wilk, Gary,McS
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- ISBN
- 9780253352996
- EAN
- 9780253352996
- Book Title
- Steel Giants : Historic Images from the Calumet Regional Archives
- Item Length
- 10.5 in
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Travel, History
- Topic
- United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / MidWest / East North Central (Il, in, Mi, Oh, Wi), Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades
- Item Width
- 11 in
- Item Weight
- 75.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Steel Giants presents a selection of these dramatic photographs, with detailed captions, showing the construction of the steel mills and steel towns, the early production of steel, and the people who lived and worked in the industry.
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Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253352991
ISBN-13
9780253352996
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70966260
Product Key Features
Book Title
Steel Giants : Historic Images from the Calumet Regional Archives
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / MidWest / East North Central (Il, in, Mi, Oh, Wi), Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Travel, History
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10.5 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
11 in
Item Weight
75.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Hd9518.C35m35 2009
Reviews
"I do love these dramatic pictures of massive machines at work, with great wheels and gears turning, with everyone in place except Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times." -- Lance Trusty, author of Munster: A Centennial History, I do love these dramatic pictures of massive machines at work, with great wheels and gears turning, with everyone in place except Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times., This book will be of great interest to the thousands of men and women who have spent their lives working in the heavy industrial plants at the northwest part of the state., [Steel Giants] is a wonderful array of images from a time when enormous structures that poured out steel, and the people who worked within these structures, dominated the landscape., "[Steel Giants] is a wonderful array of images from a time when enormous structures that poured out steel, and the people who worked within these structures, dominated the landscape. September 2010"-- Indiana Magazine of History "The massive scale of transformation of Lake Michigan shoreline to the steel cities of Gary and East Chicago is evident in this collection of photographs and documents. The foreword provides historical context, and the images picture not only the industrial construction and processes for steel production, but also the people and communities that made them work.March 11, 2010"-- ForeWord Reviews "Steel Giants . . . is 304 pages of the real history of the region and a keepsake for anyone interested in local history.12/7/2009"-- nwitimes.com "This book will be of great interest to the thousands of men and women who have spent their lives working in the heavy industrial plants at the northwest part of the state."--Kenneth Schoon, author of Calumet Beginnings: Ancient Shorelines and Settlements at the South End of Lake Michigan "I do love these dramatic pictures of massive machines at work, with great wheels and gears turning, with everyone in place except Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times."--Lance Trusty, author of Munster: A Centennial History, Steel Giants . . . is 304 pages of the real history of the region and a keepsake for anyone interested in local history.12/7/2009, "The massive scale of transformation of Lake Michigan shoreline to the steel cities of Gary and East Chicago is evident in this collection of photographs and documents. The foreword provides historical context, and the images picture not only the industrial construction and processes for steel production, but also the people and communities that made them work." -- ForeWord Reviews, "Steel Giants... is 304 pages of the real history of the region and a keepsake for anyone interested in local history." -nwitimes.com, 12/7/2009, "I do love these dramatic pictures of massive machines at work, with great wheels and gears turning, with everyone in place except Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times." -Lance Trusty, author of Munster: A Centennial History, The massive scale of transformation of Lake Michigan shoreline to the steel cities of Gary and East Chicago is evident in this collection of photographs and documents. The foreword provides historical context, and the images picture not only the industrial construction and processes for steel production, but also the people and communities that made them work., "The massive scale of transformation of Lake Michigan shoreline to the steel cities of Gary and East Chicago is evident in this collection of photographs and documents. The foreword provides historical context, and the images picture not only the industrial construction and processes for steel production, but also the people and communities that made them work." -ForeWord Reviews, "Steel Giants... is 304 pages of the real history of the region and a keepsake for anyone interested in local history." -- nwitimes.com, 12/7/2009, "This book will be of great interest to the thousands of men and women who have spent their lives working in the heavy industrial plants at the northwest part of the state." -- Kenneth Schoon, author of Calumet Beginnings: Ancient Shorelines and Settlements at the South End of Lake Michigan, "I do love these dramatic pictures of massive machines at work, with great wheels and gears turning, with everyone in place except Charlie Chaplin in 'Modern Times.'" Lance Trusty, author ofMunster: A Centennial History"This book will be of great interest to the thousands of men and women who have spent their lives working in the heavy industrial plants at the northwest part of the state." Kenneth Schoon, author ofCalumet Beginnings: Ancient Shorelines and Settlements at the South End of Lake Michigan, "[Steel Giants] is a wonderful array of images from a time when enormous structures that poured out steel, and the people who worked within these structures, dominated the landscape." -- Indiana Magazine of History, September 2010, "This book will be of great interest to the thousands of men and women who have spent their lives working in the heavy industrial plants at the northwest part of the state." -Kenneth Schoon, author of Calumet Beginnings: Ancient Shorelines and Settlements at the South End of Lake Michigan, Steel Giants... is 304 pages of the real history of the region and a keepsake for anyone interested in local history., This book will be of great interest to the thousands of men and women who have spent their lives working in the heavy industrial plants at the northwest part of the state.--Kenneth Schoon, author of Calumet Beginnings: Ancient Shorelines and Settlements at the South End of Lake Michigan, "[Steel Giants] is a wonderful array of images from a time when enormous structures that poured out steel, and the people who worked within these structures, dominated the landscape." -Indiana Magazine of History, September 2010
Table of Content
Contents Foreword by Mark Reutter Introduction The Story of an Inland Galvanized Sheet Chapter 1 - Building the Steel Mills Chapter 2 - The Production of Steel Chapter 3 - Steel Communities Chapter 4 - Steel People
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2008-037540
Dewey Decimal
338.4/766910977299
Dewey Edition
22
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