Mosher, Anne E., 1959-

Capital's Utopia : Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, 1855-1916 / Anne E. Mosher. - 1 online resource (272 pages): ill. - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Experimentation in the Kiskiminetas Valley iron industry -- Apollo's uneasy transition from iron to steel -- The McMurtry, Olmsted, and Eliot plan for Vandergrift -- Settling the Vandergrift Peninsula -- The steel strike of 1901 -- Growing pains for a "model town".

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9781421429250


Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
McMurtry, George Gibson, 1838-1915.
McMurtry, George Gibson, 1838-1915.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
McMurtry, George Gibson, 1838-1915.
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.


Steel industry and trade--Social aspects.
Social conditions.
Iron and steel workers.
Economic history.
Company towns.
City planning.
Company towns--History.--Pennsylvania--Vandergrift
City planning--History.--Pennsylvania--Vandergrift
Steel industry and trade--Social aspects--History.--Pennsylvania--Vandergrift
Iron and steel workers--History.--Pennsylvania--Vandergrift


Pennsylvania--Vandergrift.
Vandergrift (Pa.)--History.
Vandergrift (Pa.)--Social conditions.
Vandergrift (Pa.)--Economic conditions.


History.
Electronic books.