"Sin in the City examines three urban revivals in turn-of-the-century Chicago to show how revivalists negotiated that era's perceived racial, sexual, and class threats. While most studies of this movement have focused on its male leaders and their interactions with society, Thek…
Numerous studies have documented the transnational experiences and local activities of Chinese immigrants in California and new York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. less is known about the vibrant Chinese American community that developed at the same time i…
Numerous studies have documented the transnational experiences and local activities of Chinese immigrants in California and New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Less is known about the vibrant Chinese American community that developed at the same time i…
Chronicles the events surrounding the fire at the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago on December 30, 1903, explaining how the "absolutely fire-proof" building became a funeral pyre for hundreds of victims
Chronicles the events surrounding the fire at the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago on December 30, 1903, explaining how the "absolutely fire-proof" building became a funeral pyre for hundreds of victims.
Chronicles the December 30, 1903 fire in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre that killed more than six hundred people, examining the corruption and greed that led to the disaster, and the political cover-up that prevented justice being served in the aftermath.
