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Bellwood, IL, Patricia Krone Rose(
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) ...in tax dollars. However, a number of smaller industries and commercial enterprises brought some new...
...residents in 1930. After World War II , large industries, several of which became major employers in...
...manufacturers remain, but the loss of other large industries has caused a decline in employment and...
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Antiunionism, David Moberg(
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) ...influence over the city's workforce as emerging industries resisted unionization and new, nonunion...
...firms undercut union dominance in previously well-organized industries such as...
...the hotel industry....
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Sporting Goods Manufacturing, Timothy E. Sullivan(
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) ...encouraged mass production, resulting in falling prices in this industry as in others....
...The emergence of the sporting goods industry is closely linked with the growth of organized sport...
...based manufacturer shaped and redefined the industry with its aggressive marketing strategy. Chicago...
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Hammond, IN, Joseph C. Bigott(
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) ...opera house. He also created a variety of small industries to diversify the economy. When the city...
...The city faced a crisis. To attract new industries, local officials promised to protect capital from...
...The promise allowed Hammond to attract new industries. The most significant came in 1906 with the...
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Industrial Pollution, Andrew Hurley(
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) ...as the enforcement of federal regulations to reduce industry's contribution to air, land, and water...
...pollution after 1980. Departing industries, however, often left their host communities to contend...
...the effect of which was to push the offending industries beyond the city limits into new industrial...
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Iron- and Steelworkers, Jonathan Rees(
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) ...African American employment in the Chicago steel industry increased sharply after World War II , but...
...steelworkers played an important role in the industry's two most important strikes of the early...
...nationwide steel strike in 1919. The industry's use of African Americans as strikebreakers during...
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Subdivisions, Carolyn Loeb(
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) ...construction, and the emergence of high-tech industries have converted some of Chicago's far-flung...
...Distance from the center, proximity to industry, the provision of utility connections and other...
...with new houses, apartment buildings, and industries, urbanizing the inner suburbs through the...
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Geneva, IL, Sherry Meyer(
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) ...At the close of the twentieth century, industries included industrial electronics, railway supplies,...
...emerged primarily as a white-collar bedroom community, industry has played a significant role in its...
...economy. Early industries included a creamery; glucose and reaper manufactories; Bennett Bros. “...
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Roseland, Janice L. Reiff(
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) ...diverse retail and residential community surrounded by a growing number of large industries. The...
...hiring policies of Pullman and other industries shaped Roseland's population and politics. The 1894...
...Production at Pullman and other local industries slowed. As jobs disappeared, workers followed their...
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Italians, Rudolph J. Vecoli(
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) ...employment in the city's public works and industries, women were sent for and families established....
...the sweatshops and factories of the garment industry. Strongly attached to their places of origin (...
...of the labor force in the clothing and garment industry and helped found the Amalgamated Clothing...
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Meatpacking, Louise Carroll Wade(
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) ...of the twentieth century, the meatpacking industry was widely dispersed but still under government...
...center and the acknowledged headquarters of the industry. Europeans brought cattle and hogs to North...
...the century, Chicago meatpackers transformed the industry. Pork packers such as Philip Armour built...
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South Side, Dominic A. Pacyga(
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) ...late 1860s and 1870s also saw the movement of industry away from the Loop. In 1865 the Union Stock...
...behind an area increasingly devoted to industry, wholesaling , and the expanding vice district . The...
...cities. As the twentieth century dawned, and industry crept closer to the district, Prairie Avenue’s...
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Zion, IL, Wallace Best(
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) ...Department Store and the factory of Zion Lace Industries together employed as many as 3,000 workers....
...new leadership after Dowie's death in 1907, industry never flourished in Zion City. Commonwealth...
...and maintenance problems. Despite the lack of industry and low level of employment in Zion City, the...
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Maywood, IL, Jean Louise Guarino(
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) ...economic development has hinged on light industry, starting in 1884 with Chicago Scraper and...
...had become the American Can Company. Other industries subsequently attracted to the area located...
...service. In the 1970s several of Maywood's industries transferred out of the region, including the...
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Wholesaling, Mark R. Wilson(
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) ...of merchant middlemen has declined in many industries during the years since Chicago was founded, at...
...One of the most important firms in the drug industry was one headed by Robert Morrison and Jonathan...
...during this period was more prominent within its industry than the hardware-dealing firm of Hibbard,...
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Illinois Institute of Technology, Wilbur Applebaum(
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) ...organizations to serve various technical needs of industry and government. Chief among these are the...
...IIT has always enjoyed close relations with industry and the business community of the Chicago area,...
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Deerfield, IL, Thomas A. Auger(
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) ...based Baxter International, as well as the growth of the real-estate and service industries....
...village faced a setback in 1991 when the main industry in the area, Sara Lee, moved after 27 years...
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Greater Grand Crossing, Wallace Best(
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) ...for many years after the 1853 accident, but industry developed around it as it became required for...
...housing project. Though there had been some industry in the area since the mid-nineteenth century,...
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Occupational Safety and Health, Tom Hafen(
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) ...growth occurred in transportation and heavy industry. These two sectors were not only among the most...
...in 1911. When it became evident that American industry had lost the battle over industrial safety in...
...relative decline of U.S. employment in heavy industry, rates of industrial accidents and sickness...
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Forest View, IL, Ronald S. Vasile(
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) ...to more than 250, and the proliferation of industry led some to refer to it as the trucking capital...
...mile is residential; the 2-by-8-block residential area is a tiny oasis in the midst of industry....
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