A Fatal Drifting Apart: Democratic Social Knowledge and Chicago Reform

by Laura M. Westhoff

Book Overview

The eyes of the country frequently turned to Chicago during the 1890s as the Windy City struggled with the promises and challenges of urban democracy. Americans of all classes feared the social dislocations and economic divisions of urbanization and industrialization, and the effects of political corruption and massive immigration on democratic politics. Yet many reformers were hopeful that new forms of social knowledge and urban reform could reinvigorate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814256996
• ISBN13: 9780814256992
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"