The Making of Milwaukee

Season 1

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The Making of Milwaukee is a 2006 television series by the Milwaukee Public Television. The series are based on John Gurda's book and is narrated by the author himself. It is an Emmy Award-winning documentary series.

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17 Episodes

  • Natives and Traders
    E1
    Natives and TradersChapter 1: Natives and Traders Native Americans, Fertile Land, Pristine Waters. French Explorers and Trader Soloman Juneau. Exile of the Potawatomi.
  • New Frontiers
    E2
    New FrontiersChapter 2: New Frontiers Lake Michigan brings Settlers. Agricultural Plenty. Milwaukee’s Three Founders Struggle for Supremacy. Milwaukee becomes a City, 1846.
  • King Wheat
    E3
    King WheatChapter 3: King Wheat Wheat Sows the Seeds of a Growing City. Railroads and Brash Byron Kilbourn.
  • Here Come the Germans
    E4
    Here Come the GermansChapter 4: Here Come the Germans Waves of German Immigrants. Beer, Brats, Gemutlichkeit. Milwaukee, “the German Athens of America”.
  • Neighbors and Strangers
    E5
    Neighbors and StrangersChapter 5: Neighbors and Strangers Milwaukee becomes a Melting Pot; Irish, English, African-Americans. Ethnic Tensions, Abolitionist Fervor, and a Tragic Shipwreck. The Civil War.
  • City of Industries
    E6
    City of IndustriesChapter 6: City of Industries Tanneries, Breweries, Slaughterhouses. Steam Engines, Machine Shops, Iron Rails. Plankinton, Pfister, Pabst, Miller, Allis. Milwaukee Grows Economic Muscle.
  • City of Immigrants
    E7
    City of ImmigrantsChapter 7: City of Immigrants Ethnic Europe Discovers Milwaukee. A Polish Fishing Village and Milwaukee’s Bascilica. Irish, Italians, Greeks, Jews & Eastern Europeans Spice the Ethnic Stew.
  • Machine Shop of the World
    E8
    Machine Shop of the WorldChapter 8: Machine Shop of the World Milwaukee, the Manufacturing Powerhouse. Enterprising Inventors, Mechanics, and Machinists. Workers Seek the Eight Hour Day. Rioting and Bloodshed in 1886.
  • Greater Milwaukee
    E9
    Greater MilwaukeeChapter 9: Greater Milwaukee Architectural Adventures: Mansions, Theaters, Offices, a Million-Dollar City Hall in 1895. Suburbs Rise from South Milwaukee to Whitefish Bay. A “Big Small Town”.
  • Trouble in Town
    E10
    Trouble in TownChapter 10: Trouble in Town Dirty Air and Water. Dirty Milwaukee Politics. Socialists and Labor Rise Up for Clean Government.
  • Socialists at Work
    E11
    Socialists at WorkChapter 11: Socialists at Work “Municipal Enterprise”. Honest Government and Civic Virtue. Creating Milwaukee’s Park System.
  • The War to End Wars
    E12
    The War to End WarsChapter 12: The War to End Wars Making the World Safe for Democracy, 1917. Anti-German Fever in Milwaukee. Socialists under Siege. Prohibition Closes the Breweries.
  • The Roaring Twenties
    E13
    The Roaring TwentiesChapter 13. The Roaring Twenties America Turns Inward. Manufacturing Soars. African-Americans and Latino Premeros Make Milwaukee Home. Automobiles, Electric Lights, Radios and Movies.
  • Hard Times and Wartime
    E14
    Hard Times and WartimeChapter 14. Hard Times and Wartime The Great Depression. The Rise of Labor. Prohibition Ends. World War II Claims a Mayor. Milwaukee’s Industrial Might Goes to War.
  • The Exploding Metropolis
    E15
    The Exploding MetropolisChapter 15. The Exploding Metropolis After the War: a Baby Boom, a Housing Boom, an Economic Boom. Socialism Returns to City Hall. Suburbs and Annexations. The Milwaukee Braves.
  • City Under Siege
    E16
    City Under SiegeChapter 16: City Under Siege New Civic Structures and Urban “Renewal”. Poverty, Prejudice, Housing Discrimination. The Riot of 1967.
  • Almost Yesterday
    E17
    Almost YesterdayChapter 17: Almost Yesterday Parades, Festivals, Ethnic Pride. New Ethnic Groups. Deindustrialization Hammers Milwaukee. The City Reinvented.

 

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