Toledo: The 20th Century - Couverture souple

Floyd, Barbara L

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0738534080 ISBN 13 : 9780738534084

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2005

Synopsis

After a period of slow growth during the 19th century, Toledo began the 20th with a rapid expansion in industrialization, urbanization, and immigration.

The titans of industry who had begun to transform Toledo in the late 1800s continued to expand their fortunes while expanding their businesses, and soon were joined by others who took advantage of the city's potential. A new industry would emerge from the bicycle factories and wagon works of the 19th century--the automobile industry. It would dominate Toledo's economy in the 20th century, and by the 1920s, Toledo had one of the highest rates of industrial growth in the country. In addition to Jeeps, scales, glass, spark plugs, and transmissions, Toledo was also known for its civic reforms, strong labor unions, and fine cultural institutions. While Toledo never became "The Future Great City of the World" that Jesup Scott envision or even the futuristic "Toledo Tomorrow" that Norman Bel Geddes imagined, at the beginning of the 21st century, Toledo is a successful city with an interesting past and a hopeful future.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Author Barbara L. Floyd follows up her first book with Arcadia Publishing on Toledo history, Toledo: The 19th Century, with this second volume, which explores the history of Toledo in the 20th century. Floyd is the director of the Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections and university archivist at the University of Toledo.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0738534080
• ISBN 13: 9780738534084
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
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• Personne responsable: non disponible