Gary, the Most American of All American Cities

Contents......Page 8
Introduction: “Built as It Is on Shifting Sand”......Page 14
Part 1 Gary, the Magic City: Creation Myths......Page 30
1 “An Industrial Utopia”: The Search for Industrial Order......Page 32
2 “Making a City to Order”: U.S. Steel and the Building of an Industrial Center......Page 51
Part 2 A City Built on Sand: Paradox and Meaning......Page 68
3 “The Youngest City in the World”: The Early Years of an Industrial Frontier......Page 70
4 “The Gibraltar of the Steel Corporation”: Narrative Meaning in a Steel Strike......Page 87
5 “You’re a Damned Liar—It’s Utopia”: Imagining Industrialism between the Wars......Page 106
Part 3 The Very Model of Modern Urban Decay: Decline and Fall......Page 132
6 “Gary Is a Steel City, Young, Lusty, Brawling”: Declension Narratives about Gary......Page 134
7 “Epitaph for a Model City”: Race, Deindustrialization, and Dystopia......Page 157
Conclusion: “In Search of America”......Page 179
Notes......Page 186
Selected Bibliography......Page 200
Index......Page 206