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A Community in Search of Itself: A Case History of Cairo, Illinois
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by Herman R. Lantz and Oscar Handlin
Sales Rank: 388133
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 256 pages
Published by: Southern Illinois University PressEdition: 1st Edition edition January 1, 1972
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 080930516X
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0809305162
Book Dimensions:
8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches
Weighs: 1 pounds
Product Description
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 it failed 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.
About The Author
Herman R. Lantz is a Professor of Sociology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
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