A redevelopment strategy that has long been overlooked is the military’s contribution to the development of America’s cities. The military has a place in history with America’s city building. Historically, defense-related development was in the interest of national defense and w…
Success or failure in the academic environment greatly determines the extent of a child's later success or failure in American society. A growing community of Muslim American immigrants faces unique challenges in adapting to American culture due to overt racial and ethnic charac…
This paper analyzes the editorials of two St. Louis newspapers during the Civil War (1861–1865), the Daily Missouri Democrat and the Daily Missouri Republican. It argues that the two papers attempted to create different definitions of loyalty to the Union and contrasting visions…
The 1904 World’s Fair, held in St. Louis, Missouri, was an important turning point for Japan both internationally as well as within the United States. The 1903 Domestic Industrial Exhibition held in Osaka impacted the timeline and the scale of the 1904 Fair as well as the foreig…
By 1864, refugees from the South and the Western Border flooded into St. Louis and adjacent towns in unprecedented numbers. This influx of destitute people required aid and relief organizations in Missouri to broaden their level of operations. As the largest charity society in t…
From 1868–1917 the St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) underwent a formative period. SLPS was shaped primarily by professional administrators working in a transnational education community and responses to their philosophies and policies by both white and African American women teac…