Lead Ore and Surveying le Pays des Illinois -- Early Mining and Smelting in North America -- Tracing Eighty Years of Early Mining Associations -- Early Mineralogical Assessments and Emerging Science -- Unhealthy Spaces Fitted Up with Furnaces.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Twilight Rails -- 1. A Road with a Bright Future: Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad -- 2. Crazy Willie & Dandy Molly: Creston, Winterset & Des Moines Railroad -- 3. The Handy Lines: Detroit, Bay City & Western Railroad and Port...

The militant minority in the St. Louis electrical industry and the political economy of control, 1900-1935 -- A vision of unionism takes shape, 1900-1935 -- "Human rights over property rights" : forging leftist unionism in District 8 -- "This 'Red' gave them a run for their money" : backlash and...

"Private restrictions on racial occupancy are a critical element and episode in the history of American inequality. This study draws on newly available full count (parcel-level) data on racial restriction for five Midwestern counties. The research makes four important and overlapping...