A Community in Search of Itself: A Case History of Cairo, Illinois - Hardcover

Lantz, Herman R.

 
9780809305162: A Community in Search of Itself: A Case History of Cairo, Illinois
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 080930516X ISBN 13: 9780809305162
Verlag: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972

Inhaltsangabe


Cairo, Illinois, at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, was a city favored by geography and climate. It was founded in the early 1800s on great expectations. Its location at the head of major rivers navi­gable both summer and winter and its proximity to coal fields generated predictions that Cairo would soon surpass Louisville, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and even Chicago. Yet itfailed to realize the success its promoters believed inevitable.

Using mainly primary sources such as newspapers, city council records, and census data, Herman R. Lantz has traced the history of the city and has pinpointed the economic, social, and psychological factors that helped to retard Cairo’s progress while other cities with the same, or even fewer, advantages flourished. The result is an important socio-historical contribution that attempts to explore the process of community failure in the perspective of national success.


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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Herman R. Lantz is a Professor of Sociology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

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Verlag
Southern Illinois University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1972
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
080930516X
ISBN 13 
9780809305162
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
256
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