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Minneapolis : an urban biography / Tom Weber.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Saint Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2020]Description: 199 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781681341613
  • 1681341611
Subject(s):
Contents:
Bdote -- St. Anthony Falls -- Timber, Then Flour -- Immigration and Corporate Growth -- Rivals! -- The Corrupt Doc and a Lost Reputation -- Discrimination, Redlining, and the KKK -- Battles -- Urban Not-So-Renewal -- Voices Heard -- Refugee, Rebirth, and Reconciliation -- More to Do -- Epilogue: What Next?
Summary: "A biography of Minneapolis, the City of Lakes, starting with Bdote, the confluence of the Mississippi and the Minnesota Rivers and a sacred place for Dakota people, who have lived here for millennia. Since the city's beginnings in the 1850s, Minneapolis has experienced continual collapses and rebuilding. Some collapses were real, as when the falls were nearly destroyed; some are metaphorical, as when corruption and the mob threatened to overtake the life of the city. The narrative highlights stories of immigrants, milling, the American Indian Movement, the KKK, the university, business innovators, the vibrant arts and music scene, powerful sports teams, and a wealth of other topics."-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 977.6579 W376 Available 33111009828464
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 977.6579 W376 Available 33111009654555
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Minneapolis is Minneapolis is because of the water--because of the Mississippi River, and St. Anthony Falls, and the beautiful lakes that dot the city's neighborhoods. Energized by the power of a magnificent waterfall that was harnessed with stolen technology, it became a major, even global, city.

In this succinct and thought-provoking book, Tom Weber provides an urban biography of the City of Lakes. The confluence of the Mississippi and the Minnesota River is a sacred place for Dakota people, who have lived here for millennia. Since the city's beginnings in the 1850s, Minneapolis has experienced continual collapses and rebuilding. Some collapses were real, as when the Falls were nearly destroyed; some are metaphorical, as when corruption and the mob threatened to overtake the life of the city. Weber also explores the effects of the rebuilding and who was in charge: who was left in, and who was left out.



Cities, like people, are always changing, and the history of that change is the city's biography. This book illuminates the unique character of Minneapolis, weaving in the hidden stories of place, politics, and identity that continue to shape its residents' lives.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bdote -- St. Anthony Falls -- Timber, Then Flour -- Immigration and Corporate Growth -- Rivals! -- The Corrupt Doc and a Lost Reputation -- Discrimination, Redlining, and the KKK -- Battles -- Urban Not-So-Renewal -- Voices Heard -- Refugee, Rebirth, and Reconciliation -- More to Do -- Epilogue: What Next?

"A biography of Minneapolis, the City of Lakes, starting with Bdote, the confluence of the Mississippi and the Minnesota Rivers and a sacred place for Dakota people, who have lived here for millennia. Since the city's beginnings in the 1850s, Minneapolis has experienced continual collapses and rebuilding. Some collapses were real, as when the falls were nearly destroyed; some are metaphorical, as when corruption and the mob threatened to overtake the life of the city. The narrative highlights stories of immigrants, milling, the American Indian Movement, the KKK, the university, business innovators, the vibrant arts and music scene, powerful sports teams, and a wealth of other topics."-- Provided by publisher.

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