Milwaukee, Wisconsin/Bibliography

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• Ackerman, Sandra. Milwaukee Then and Now (2004), photo history excerpt and text search
• Avella, Steven M. In the Richness of the Earth: A History of the Archidiocese of Milwaukee, 1843-1958. (2002). 799 pp.
• Avella, Steven M., ed. Milwaukee Catholicism: Essays on Church and Community. (1991). 194 pp.
• Booth, Douglas E. "Transportation, City Building, and Financial Crisis: Milwaukee, 1852-1868," Journal of Urban History 9 (May 1983)
• Bowers, Jr., Paul C. Byron Kilbourn and the Development of Milwaukee (2001)
• Bruce, William George. A Short History of Milwaukee, (1936)
• Buenker, John D. "'Neoteching' Milwaukee: the Cream City's Emergence as an Industrial Metropolis, 1886-1919." Milwaukee History 2004 27(1-2): 4-40. Issn: 0163-7622
• Cochran, Thomas C. The Pabst Brewing Company: The History of an American Business (1948) online edition
• Conzen, Kathleen Neils. Immigrant Milwaukee, 1836-1860: Accommodation and Community in a Frontier City. (1976). 300 pp.
• Culter, Richard W. Greater Milwaukee's Growing Pains, 1950-2000: An Insider's View (2001)
• Dougherty, Jack. More than One Struggle: The Evolution of Black School Reform in Milwaukee. (2004). 288 pp. online review
• Ferguson, Paul-Thomas. "Leisure Pursuits in Ethnic Milwaukee, 1830-1930." PhD dissertation Marquette U. 2005. 433 pp.  : DAI 2006 67(1): 306-A. DA3201920 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• Foss-Mollan, Kate. Hard Water: Politics and Water Supply in Milwaukee, 1870-1995 (2000).
• Fure-Slocum, Eric Jon. "The Challenge of the Working-Class City: Recasting Growth Politics and Liberalism in Milwaukee, 1937-1952." PhD dissertation U. of Iowa 2001. 718 pp. DAI 2001 62(6): 2218-A. DA3018575 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• Geenen, Paul H. Milwaukee's Bronzeville: 1900-1950 (2006) excerpt and text search
• Gómez, Kathleen A. "Rufus King: Civil and Political Leader in the Development of the City of Milwaukee." PhD dissertation Marquette U. 1996. 204 pp. DAI 1996 57(6): 2292-A. DA9634265 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• Grummer, James Edward. "The Parish Life of German-Speaking Roman Catholics in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1840-1920." PhD dissertation U. of Notre Dame 1989. 286 pp. DAI 1989 49(10): 3136-A. DA8901491 fulltext in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• Gurda, John. Cream City Chronicles: Stories of Milwaukee's Past (2006).
• Gurda, John. The Making of Milwaukee (1999), 458pp; major scholarly history
• Gurda, John. The Making of "A Good Name in Industry": A History of the Falk Corporation, 1892-1992. (1991). 192 pp.
• Jones, Patrick Damien. "'The Selma of the North': Race Relations and Civil Rights Insurgency in Milwaukee, 1958-1970." PhD dissertation U. of Wisconsin, Madison 2002. 534 pp. DAI 2002 63(4): 1519-A. DA3049491 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

• Lo, Fungchatou (Laotou). "The Promised Land: Socioeconomic Adjustment of the Hmong in Milwaukee, 1976-2000." PhD dissertation U. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2000. 329 pp. DAI 2000 61(3): 1102-A. DA9964948 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• McCarthy, John. "The Reluctant City: Milwaukee's Fragmented Metropolis, 1920-1960." PhD dissertation Marquette U. 2005. 310 pp. DAI 2006 67(1): 309-310-A. DA3201928 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• Merrill, Peter C. German-American Urban Culture: Writers and Theaters in Early Milwaukee. (2000). 128 pp. online review
• Orum, Anthony M. City-Building in America (1995), largely about Milwaukee. excerpt and text search; also online edition
• Pifer, Richard L. A City at War: Milwaukee Labor during World War II. (2003). 210 pp.
• Rodriguez, Joseph A., and Walter Sava. Latinos in Milwaukee (2006) excerpt and text search
• Rury, John L. and Cassell, Frank A., eds. Seeds of Crisis: Public Schooling in Milwaukee since 1920. (1993). 318 pp.
• Salkowski, Michael J. "Editorial Cartoons and Education: An Historical Analysis of the Milwaukee Sentinel, the Milwaukee Journal and the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel from 1945-2000." PhD dissertation Cardinal Stritch U. 2002. 221 pp. DAI 2002 63(4): 1278-A. DA3049145 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• Saltman, Juliet. A Fragile Movement: The Struggle for Neighborhood Stabilization. (1990). 453 pp. Looks at one neighborhood in each of five cities, including Milwaukee
• Simon, Roger D. City-Building Process: Housing and Services in New Milwaukee Neighborhoods, 1880-1910 (1996), 163pp
• Smith, Kevin D. "From Socialism to Racism: The Politics of Class and Identity in Postwar Milwaukee." Michigan Historical Review 29#1 (2003) pp 71+. online edition
• Snyder, Ronald Howard. "Chief for Life: Harold Breier and His Era." PhD dissertation U. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2002. 201 pp. DAI 2003 63(12): 4447-A. DA3075478, on police chief Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• Still, Bayrd. Milwaukee, the History of a City (1948), 638pp; scholarly history online edition
• Trotter, Jr. Joe W. Black Milwaukee: The Making of an Industrial Proletariat, 1915-45 (1985).
• Vecchio, Diane C. Merchants, Midwives, and Laboring Women: Italian Migrants in Urban America. (2006). 130 pp. compares Milwaukee with Endicott, N.Y. and a village in Sicily
• Walch, Timothy. The Diverse Origins of American Catholic Education: Chicago, Milwaukee, and the Nation. (1988). 235 pp.
• Wong, Kenneth K. City Choices: Education and Housing. (1990). 218 pp. compares Milwaukee and Baltimore.
• WPA, Workers Of The Writers' Program. Wisconsin: A Guide to the Badger State. (1941) classic guidebook, with much on the city; online edition
• Zimmermann, H. Russell. Magnificent Milwaukee: Architectural Treasures, 1850-1920. (1987). 270 pp.

Primary sources

• Goldenweiser, E. A. Immigrants in cities: a study of the population of selected districts in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Milwaukee (1911) full text online
• La Piana, George. The Italians in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: general survey / prepared under the direction of the associated charities, (1915) online edition
• primary sources from Harvard Library; includes books in german; photos of housing conditions c. 1910