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Jane Addams,
Twenty Years at Hull House
(1910). An inspiring must-read by a great American reformer.
George Chauncey,
Gay New York
(1994). A groundbreaking study of the rise of urban gay subcultures.
Kathy Peiss,
Cheap Amusements
(1986). Explores urban working-class dating and the world of young working-class women.
Harold Platt,
The Electric City
(1991). A study of how electricity shaped the urban industrial society and economy.
Ruth Rosen,
The Lost Sisterhood
(1982). A poignant account of Progressive Era antiprostitution campaigns and their tragic impact on sex workers.
David Von Drehle,
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
(2003). The most recent account of the fire and its consequences.