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Minneapolis : an urban biography /

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A biography of Minneapolis, the City of Lakes, starting with Bdote, the confluence of the Mississippi and the Minnesota Rivers and a sacred place for Dakota people, who have lived here for millennia. Since the city's beginnings in the 1850s, Minneapolis has experienced continual collapses and r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weber, Tom (Thomas W.) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Minneapolis (Minn.) > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Bdote
  • St. Anthony Falls
  • Timber, Then Flour
  • Immigration and Corporate Growth
  • Rivals!
  • The Corrupt Doc and a Lost Reputation
  • Discrimination, Redlining, and the KKK
  • Battles
  • Urban Not-So-Renewal
  • Voices Heard
  • Refugee, Rebirth, and Reconciliation
  • More to Do
  • Epilogue: What Next?