Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This essay argues that Chicago’s exceptional status in American history stems from both its urban history and civic mythology. It explores how Chicago is an important case study for examining intertwined histories of labor, urban geography, and social reform and identifies opportunities for scholars to better integrate gender, age, and sexuality in the study of Chicago’s cultural landscape. This essay questions celebratory narratives of Chicago’s progressive reform movement by highlighting how the prohibitionist impulse of many urban reformers created political contradictions in the modern state.
Source: Journal of Urban History
Author: Ruby Oram
Institution: Texas State University
Language: English
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Texas State University
OpenAlex ID: W7225123292