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Making Milwaukee Mightier: Planning and the Politics of Growth, 1910-1960

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Making Milwaukee Mightier: Planning and the Politics of Growth, 1910-1960

As someone interested in urban history and Milwaukee, I really enjoyed this book. It revealed much that I didn't know about the city and its history. From learning about the socialist mayors and their influence on the growth and development of the city to the actual planning of the city (and what worked and didn't work) to the issues of overcrowding and suburbanization, this book is a comprehensive contribution to an era of Milwaukee history not already studied. I've since gone back to Milwaukee and visited areas talked about in the book (the maps and images are great). I highly recommend this book to Milwaukee enthusiasts and anyone interested in cities.

Good urban planning can solve many problems for a city, and Milwaukee is a fine case study. "Making Milwaukee Mightier: Planning and the Politics of Growth" is a look at the development of this Wisconsin city for the better half of the twentieth century. A city ran by socialist mayors in a time where fear of communism was at its strongest, Milwaukee is a unique city and has developed like no other city around it. A piece of history that traces the story of Milwaukee as a city from the time surburbanization struck, "Making Milwaukee Mightier" is a fine read to those intrigued with the development of America's major cities.