History in Our Everyday Lives

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 15.03.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Background Knowledge: The Steel Industry in Pittsburgh, the Workers, and the Impact of Deindustrialization
  5. A Public History Project: Reflecting on Eliza: A Pittsburgh Steel Mill
  6. Beyond the Walls of the Classroom: Other Examples of Public History Projects
  7. Strategies
  8. Activities
  9. Applications for Other Cities
  10. Appendix
  11. Bibliography
  12. Notes

Pittsburgh: Contending with its Steel Past

Tracy Watkins

Published September 2015

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Bibliography

Fitch, John A. The Steel Workers. New York: Arno, 1969.

Byington, Margaret F. Homestead; the Households of a Mill Town. New York: Arno,   1969.

Perrott, Mark. Eliza: Remembering a Pittsburgh Steel Mill. Charlottesville, Va.: Howell   Press, 1989.

Pittsburgh, 1758-2008. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub., 2008.

Hathaway, Dale A. Can Workers Have a Voice?: The Politics of Deindustrialization in   Pittsburgh. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993.

Lubove, Roy. Twentieth-century Pittsburgh; Government, Business, and Environmental   Change. New York: Wiley, 1969.

Lubove, Roy. Twentieth-century Pittsburgh the Post-steel Era.

"Ecology and Society: Industrial Restructuring and Urban Change in the Pittsburgh   Region: Developmental, Ecological, and Socioeconomic Trade-offs." Ecology and   Society: Industrial Restructuring and Urban Change in the Pittsburgh Region:   Developmental, Ecological, and Socioeconomic Trade-offs. Accessed July 08, 2015.

Gimpel, James G. Separate Destinations Migration, Immigration, and the Politics of   Places. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 1999.

"A Very Brief History of Pittsburgh." A Very Brief History of Pittsburgh. Accessed July   15, 2015. "Tours." Rivers of Steel -. Accessed July 10, 2015.

"Projects." Battle of Homestead Foundation. Accessed July 10, 2015.

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