Progressive Business, book by Christian Christiansen (2016) During the time period of 1890-1920 mass immigration and urbanization grew in major cities in the north such as New York, Detroit, and Chicago…. Read more »
“The Exodus to Kensas”, article by The Charleston Courier, Tri-Weekly (1859) This source is a newspaper in The Charleston Courier, Tri-Weekly, written on June 2nd, 1859 by an unknown… Read more »
Migrant Mother, photo by Dorothea Lange (1936) During the Great Depression starting in October 1929, famous photographer, Dorothea Lange captured this and many other photos of people during the Great Depression… Read more »
Company Towns, Chicago (1893) Pullman Palace Car Company was famous for the rail cars they manufactured in the late 1880s to the early 1890s. In Chicago, George M. Pullman founded… Read more »
Introduction My project will examine economic inequality amongst different groups of people from the late 1860s to the early 1930s. Within this time frame I will touch on four eras… Read more »
Primary Sources “Company Towns: 1880S To 1935”. Social Welfare History Project, 2015. https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/housing/company-towns-1890s-to-1935/. Dabney , Virginius. 1944. “Spokesman for the South: Henry W. Grady .”The New York Times. January 14,… Read more »