Progressive Era, The: Settlement House Movement, The
Nothing produces greater distress, many reformers believe, than the crowded immigrant neighborhoods of American cities. One response is to create settlement houses like Hull House which Jane Addams and a group of women open in Chicago in 1889. Using...
Age of the City, The: Rise of Mass Consumption, The
Urban middle-class Americans are introduced to the fine art of "shopping" during the last decades of the 19th century. From 1880 onward there is the beginning of trade catalogues, national advertising and warehousing, and the creation of franchising...
Age of the City, The: Ethnic City, The
Some cities are marked by clearly-defined ethnic neighborhoods, others are more diverse. Among immigrant families, men are usually the first to arrive, hoping to earn enough money to take back home. Historians call these immigrants "birds of passage...