Images of modern America : Battle Creek / Kurt Thornton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thornton, Kurt., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Battle Creek (Mich.)--History--Pictorial works.

Battle Creek (Mich.).

Battle Creek (Mich.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (95 pages) : chiefly illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]

Summary:

In the 1960s, Battle Creek was a successful industrial town known around the world as the "Cereal City" due to the area's largest employers, the ready-to-eat breakfast food companies of Ralston Foods, the Kellogg Company, and the Post division of General Foods. As these long-established businesses began to downsize, automate, and relocate, the community met the new economic and social challenges by developing a downtown pedestrian mall, converting a former military base into a vibrant industrial park, and merging two municipalities into the third-largest city (by area) in Michigan. These changes, along with many others, have continued to guide this Midwestern community into the 21st century.

OCLC:

900733352