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Informationen zum Autor David M. P. Freund is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of the award-winning Colored Property: State Policy and White Racial Politics in Suburban America (2007) and contributor to numerous educational, documentary, and public policy projects. Klappentext The Modern American Metropolis: A Documentary Reader introduces the history of American cities and suburbs through a collection of original source materials that historians have long used to make sense of the urban experience.* Carefully integrates and juxtaposes the primary sources that are at the heart of the collection* Revisits and compares issues and themes over time* Reveals how the history of cities and suburbs is not limited to buildings, innovation, and politics, and not confined to municipal boundaries* Explores a wide variety of topics, including infrastructure development, electoral politics, consumer culture, battles over rights, environmental change, and the meaning of citizenship Zusammenfassung The Modern American Metropolis: A Documentary Reader introduces the history of American cities and suburbs through a collection of original source materials that historians have long used to make sense of the urban experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations xii Series Editors' Preface xiv Acknowledgments xvi Source Acknowledgments xvii Introduction Or, What Can a Wet Basement Tell Us about Metropolitan History? 1 Part I Cities and Hinterlands in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America 27 Chapter 1 Transforming the Landscape and Its Functions 29 1 Chicago's Daily Democrat Measures the Impact of the Transport Revolution, 1852 29 2 Cyrus McCormick Markets the Virginia Reaper to the Nation's Farmers, 1850 and 1851 36 3 Texans Appeal for the Removal of Native Peoples, 1858-1859 40 4 Hunt's Merchants' Magazine Discusses the Value of Slave Labor, 1855-1858 45 Chapter 2 Snapshots of Urban Life on the Eve of the Civil War 50 1 An Irish Immigrant Writes Home about Life in the United States, 1850 50 2 Frederick Law Olmsted Compares Northern and Southern Cities along the Atlantic Seaboard, 1856 53 3 The New York Times Reports on a Millworker Strike in Lynn and Marblehead, 1859 60 4 Reverend Albert Williams Describes San Francisco's Fires 63 Part II From Walking City to Industrial Metropolis, 1860-1920 69 Chapter 3 Commerce and the Metropolis 71 1 The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 Connects the Nation 71 2 William Dean Howells Describes Suburban Boston, 1872 75 3 August Spies Addresses Workers about Their Conditions, 1886 80 4 An Engineer Describes the Work Required to Make Seattle Competitive, 1908 84 5 New York City Retailers Organize to Protect a Fifth Avenue Shopping District, 1916 87 Chapter 4 "Natives," Migrants, and Immigrants 90 1 A Polish Immigrant Describes Life and Work in New York City, 1902 90 2 Unions Call for Boycott of Chinese and Their Patrons, 1891-1892 96 3 La Crónica Reports on Challenges Facing the Texan Mexican Community, 1910-1911 97 4 Good Housekeeping Counsels "The Commuter's Wife," 1909 106 5 Black Southerners Write the Chicago Defender for Information about Employment, 1916-1918 110 Chapter 5 Big City Life 118 1 Urban Imagery, 1889-1913 118 2 A Young Governess Discusses Her New Freedoms, 1903 122 3 A Columnist Describes the Pleasures and Perils of Coney Island, 1915 125 4 A Harper's Weekly Columnist Worries about Garbage, 1891 129 Chapter 6 Local Politics in the Gilded Age 135 1 George Washington Plunkitt Defends Patronage Politics in New York City, 1905 135 2 Dallas City Commissioner Advocates Runni...
