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The New Metropolis. The New Metropolis. Henry George: “Poverty Amid Progress”. “as savings in production and exchange are made possible by denser settlement” [regarding communities with little progress]“while you won’t find wealth in all its effects, neither will you find beggars-”.
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The New Metropolis The New Metropolis
Henry George: “Poverty Amid Progress” • “as savings in production and exchange are made possible by denser settlement” • [regarding communities with little progress]“while you won’t find wealth in all its effects, neither will you find beggars-”
City Organization • Districts • Ethnic enclaves • Suburbs • Transportation • Planning • Eg: Chicago
What social and political institutions helped poor & immigrant newcomers adapt to urban life during the Gilded Age? Terms: Ethnic ”ghettos”, Immigrant newspapers, Ward Politics, Reform Judaism, Ethnic Catholic Parishes, YMCA
Technology Fosters Urban Growth • Steel • Skyscrapers • Electricity • Tenements
Urban Life & Society • Sex & the city • High Culture • Museums • Opera halls • Public Libraries • Entertainment • Vaudeville • Nickelodeons • Amusement Parks • Spectator Sports • Music • Ragtime • Blues • Musical theatre
Big Picture Question:How did the wealthy and middle classes of Gilded Age differ in their expressions of social status? Terms: Nob Hill & 5th Avenue, NYC Metropolitan Opera House, McAllister’s Social Register, “white-collar” jobs, “streetcar suburbs”
Shame of the Cities… In the absence of government service, private interests… • Political Machines • Definition.. • In practice • Service • beneficiaries • Corruption • Ex: Tammany Hall, St Louis, Memphis, San Francisco • Successes • Immigrant services • Voter registration • Parks • Utilities • Facilities • Chicago v. Berlin
How effectively did urban leaders face crowding, safety & transportation challenges in major American cities during the Gilded Age ? Mass Transit, Skyscrapers, Electricity, Chicago Fire, San Francisco Earthquake, Streetcars, Urban Environmental Hazards, Dumbbell Tenements, "City Beautiful” Movement, Chicago vs. Berlin
Machine Politics • Problems reveal limits • Crises: • Galveston-hurricane • Cleveland labor strikes • Chicago fire (1871) • SF Earthquake (1906) • Economic Depression • (1890s) • Overpopulation • Reforming Politicians • Tom Johnson (Cleveland) • Josiah Quincy (Boston) • Hazen Pingree (Detroit)
What factors encouraged American cities grow significantly during the Gilded Age? Terms: Sister Carrie, Causes of Urbanization, Pittsburg, Pullman & New York
Problems Revealed by Muckrakers • Lincoln Steffens • Jacob Riis • Ida Tarbell • Julius Chambers • Ray Stannard Baker • Reforms • Public health • Prostitution • Settlement houses