Category: the Midwest
Gilded Age Chambers of Commerce
Gilded Age Chambers of Commerce Chambers of Commerce had been around, in Europe as early as the 16th century[1]. They spread to America early in
Curious Cultures and Divergent Policy Systems of Gilded Age St Paul and Minneapolis
The Curious Cultures of Minneapolis and St. Paul As we finish up on the Gilded Age, it is helpful at this juncture to reach back
Kansas City in the Progressive Era: City Beautiful and City Efficient Duke it Out
Kansas City Kansas City’s Bi-Polar City Beautiful This Kansas City Beautiful case study which offers insight into the two styles of City Beautiful—as (1) a
Detroit’s Hazen Pingree as Progressive Era Social Reform Mayor
Detroit’s Hazen Pingree as Progressive Era Social Reform Mayor The earliest, the path-breaker, and, in some ways the most successful was Detroit’s Hazen Pingree. Pingree,
Detroit Michigan
Detroit Pingree was first on the scene, a wealthy Republican shoe and boot manufacturer, first won election (1889) on an anti-municipal corruption platform that stressed
Ron W. Coan 