Book Description
A pictorial and entertaining commentary on the growth and development of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Author : Harry H. Anderson
Publisher : American Portrait Series
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,89 MB
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : 9780938076063
A pictorial and entertaining commentary on the growth and development of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Author : William Albert Vick
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,29 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Ethnic festivals
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Page : 25 pages
File Size : 48,68 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Milwaukee (Wis.)
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Author : Mark Edward Braun
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 25,38 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739101995
Social Change and the Empowerment of the Poor provides insight into the local impact of a variety of federal programs funded by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. Specifically, Mark Edward Braun's dramatic social history examines seven anti-poverty programs--Community Action Programs (CAPs)--started in Milwaukee in the 1960s. Braun's research confirms that, unlike most other cities, Milwaukee's deteriorating urban neighborhoods were transformed by these initiatives. CAPs successfully empowered Milwaukee's poor, made public officials and institutions more accountable to the needs of the poor, reformed punitive legislation, created new community-based organizations, expanded social services for people of color, and challenged elites. This book provides an excellent framework for future studies that will add to the current scholarly interest in the long-term results of CAPs. Braun simultaneously dispels the myth that CAPs were a categorical failure, and brings a provocative new voice to urban studies, social activism, policy studies and political science.
Author : Bill Lueders
Publisher :
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 43,60 MB
Release : 1983
Category : American poetry
ISBN : 9780961177201
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Page : 319 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 2017
Category : American poetry
ISBN : 9781940129822
"In 1983, thirty Milwaukee poets put all their efforts together to create a book showcasing the immense talent contained in our city. Thirty-four years later, we've united again to celebrate our deep tradition of verse."--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Wisconsin Cartographers' Guild
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 23,8 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299159405
The atlas features historical and geographical data, including full-color maps, descriptive text, photos, and illustrations.
Author : KEVIN ABING
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 30,68 MB
Release : 2017-06-25
Category : History
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Author : Jill Florence Lackey
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 27,9 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 073859069X
In the late 1800s, the area was developed by immigrant Poles, who became the dominant population for over 100 years. A survey nearly a half century later revealed that people of 110 national backgrounds now live on the Old South Side.
Author : John Gurda
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 2018-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0870208667
Paddle through the watery history of the Midwest’s Cream City. The success and survival of Milwaukee lies in the rivers that meander through its streets and the great lake at its shore. The area’s earliest inhabitants recognized the value of an abundant, clean water supply for food and transportation. Settlers, shipbuilders, and city leaders used the same waters to travel greater distances, power million-dollar industries, and even have a bit of fun. In Milwaukee: A City Built on Water, celebrated historian John Gurda expands on his popular Milwaukee Public Television documentary, relating the mucky history of the waters that gave Milwaukee life—and occasionally threatened the city through erosion, invasive species, and water-borne diseases. Telling tales of brewers, brickmakers, ecologists, and engineers, Gurda explores the city’s complicated connection with its most precious resource and greatest challenge. You’ll meet the generations of people, from a Potawatomi chief to fur traders and fishermen, who settled on the small spit of land known as Jones Island; learn how Milwaukee’s unique water composition creates its distinct cream-colored bricks; visit Wisconsin’s first waterparks; and see how city leaders transformed the Milwaukee River—once described as a “vast sewer” with an “odorous tide”—into today’s lively and lovely Riverwalk.