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Author Fisher, Colin (Robert Colin)

Title Urban green : nature, recreation, and the working class in industrial Chicago / Colin Fisher.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Leisure -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Leisure.
Illinois -- Chicago.
History.
Nature -- Social aspects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Nature -- Social aspects.
Nature.
Parks -- Social aspects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Parks -- Social aspects.
Parks.
Outdoor recreation -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Outdoor recreation.
Working class -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Working class.
Immigrants -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Immigrants.
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Fisher, Colin (Robert Colin). Urban green 9781469619958 (DLC) 2014034901 (OCoLC)893452590
ISBN 9781469619972 (electronic book)
1469619970 (electronic book)
9781469619965 (ebook)
1469619962 (print)
9781469619965 (print)
9781469619958
1469619954