Urban green : nature, recreation, and the working class in industrial Chicago /

Fisher, Colin

Urban green : nature, recreation, and the working class in industrial Chicago / Colin Fisher. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies 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": 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.



9781469619972 9781469619965


Leisure--History.--Illinois--Chicago
Nature--Social aspects--History.--Illinois--Chicago
Parks--Social aspects--History.--Illinois--Chicago
Outdoor recreation--History.--Illinois--Chicago
Working class--History.--Illinois--Chicago
Immigrants--History.--Illinois--Chicago
Urban ecology (Sociology)--History.--Illinois--Chicago


Electronic Books.

GV54 / .U733 2015