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Urban green : nature, recreation, and the working class in industrial Chicago
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- Creator
- Colin Fisher
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9798890845269, 1469619954, 1469619962, 1469619970, 9781469619958, 9781469619965, 9781469619972
- OCLC
- ocn893452590, ocn907238504
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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": nature and leisure in the black metropolis -- The nature of May Day: green space and working-class Chicago -- Conclusion: what we can learn from Chicago's cultures of nature
Subjects
- Leisure -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
- Nature -- Social aspects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
- Parks -- Social aspects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
- Outdoor recreation -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
- Working class -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
- Immigrants -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
- Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.