Chicago’s Temple of Steel: South Works since 1882

Authors

  • J. R. McNeill Georgetown University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5282/rcc-springs-2887

Abstract

Environmental historian J. R. McNeill traces iron ore from the Precambrian period through the steelworks of the industrial era, when millions migrated to the Windy City. On a recent visit to Chicago, the author glimpses the creative repurposing of these monuments of slag today.

Author Biography

  • J. R. McNeill, Georgetown University

    J. R. McNeill enjoyed a stay at the RCC in the summer of 2011. He is professor at Georgetown University, has authored or edited more than 20 books, and has served as president of both the American Society for Environmental History and the American Historical Association. He is an elected member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Academia Europaea. In 2018, he received the Heineken Award for History from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was a member of the RCC Advisory Board for six years.

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Published

13-12-2022

Issue

No. 2 (2022)

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Articles

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