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Urban green : nature, recreation, and the working class in industrial Chicago
- Title
- Urban green : nature, recreation, and the working class in industrial Chicago / Colin Fisher.
- Author
- Fisher, Colin (Robert Colin)
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GV54.I3 C546 2015 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 232 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Leisure > Illinois > Chicago > History
- Nature > Social aspects > History. > Illinois > Chicago
- Parks > Social aspects > History. > Illinois > Chicago
- Outdoor recreation > Illinois > Chicago > History
- Working class > Illinois > Chicago > History
- Immigrants > Illinois > Chicago > History
- Urban ecology (Sociology) > Illinois > Chicago > History
- Immigrants
- Leisure
- Nature > Social aspects
- Outdoor recreation
- Parks > Social aspects
- Urban ecology (Sociology)
- Working class
- Einwanderer
- Schwarze
- Freizeit
- Park
- Stadtökologie
- Stadtpark
- Umweltgerechtigkeit
- Illinois > Chicago
- Chicago, Ill
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: the Lithuanian worker and the Lake Michigan dunes -- Where Chicagoans found nature: an expedition with Leonard Dubkin, "Urban Ranger" -- Immigrants in "nature's nation" -- Turf: working-class ethnic youth culture and green space -- "The Negro speaks of rivers": African Americans and nature -- The nature of May Day: green space and working-class Chicago -- Conclusion: what we can learn from Chicago's cultures of nature.
- ISBN
- 9781469619958
- 1469619954
- 9781469619965 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014034901
- OCLC
- ocn893452590
- 893452590
- SCSB-14500664
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library