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URBAN DIVISION AND SOCIAL ANTAGONISM: THE POWER OF PLACE IN THE CREATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITIES IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA

Burns, David Utecht
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281113953

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2010, Master of Arts, Miami University, Geography.
This thesis is primarily a historical examination of place-based collective identities in Duluth, Minnesota. I argue that the city’s underlying social, economic and political conditions gave rise to collective identities and fostered neighborhood antagonism over time. These conditions, which converged to create place and the identities formed therein, were constructed in large part by economic circumstances and hegemonic forces present in the area during the late 19th century. The natural landscape of Duluth and the nature of the industrial economy during the settlement period convened to form two distinctive residential sections of the city: a blue collar area for the workers and a wealthier area inhabited by capitalists. Over time, these identities continued to be class-based, and were both articulated through and reproduced by key urban controversies that occurred in the history of the city and the social institutions that continue to exist today.
Bruce D'Arcus, PhD (Committee Chair)
David Prytherch, PhD (Committee Member)
Stanley Toops, PhD (Committee Member)
67 p.
Geography; Social Structure
Duluth, MN; collective identity construction; social memory; landscape production; place;

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  • Burns, D. U. (2010). URBAN DIVISION AND SOCIAL ANTAGONISM: THE POWER OF PLACE IN THE CREATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITIES IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281113953

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Burns, David. URBAN DIVISION AND SOCIAL ANTAGONISM: THE POWER OF PLACE IN THE CREATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITIES IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA. 2010. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281113953.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Burns, David. "URBAN DIVISION AND SOCIAL ANTAGONISM: THE POWER OF PLACE IN THE CREATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITIES IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281113953

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