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Titre(s) : Wide-open town [Texte imprimé] : Kansas City in the Pendergast era / Diane Mutti Burke, Jason Roe, and John Herron, editors
Publication : Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, copyright [2018]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (x, 354 pages) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Kansas City is often seen as a mild-mannered metropolis in the heart of flyover country.
But a closer look tells a different story, one with roots in the city-- complicated
and colorful past. The decades between World Wars I and II were a time of intense
political, social, and economic change--for Kansas City, as for the nation as a whole.
In exploring this city at the literal and cultural crossroads of America, Wide-Open
Town maps the myriad ways in which Kansas City reflected and helped shape the narrative
of a nation undergoing an epochal transformation. During the interwar period, political
boss Tom Pendergast reigned, and Kansas City was said to be "wide open." Prohibition
was rarely enforced, the mob was ascendant, and urban vice was rampant. But in a community
divided by the hard lines of race and class, this "openness" also allowed many of
the city's residents to challenge conventional social boundaries--and it is this intersection
and disruption of cultural norms that interests the authors of Wide-Open Town. Writing
from a variety of disciplines and viewpoints, the contributors take up topics ranging
from the 1928 Republican National Convention to organizing the garment industry, from
the stockyards to health care, drag shows, Thomas Hart Benton, and, of course, jazz.
Their essays bring to light the diverse histories of the city--among, for instance,
Mexican immigrants, African Americans, the working class, and the LGBT community before
the advent of "LGBT." Wide-Open Town captures the defining moments of a society rocked
by World War I, the mass migration of people of color into cities, the entrance of
women into the labor force and politics, Prohibition, economic collapse, and a revolution
in social mores. Revealing how these changes influenced Kansas City--and how the city
responded--this volume helps us understand nothing less than how citizens of the age
adapted to the rise of modern America." ; "Wide-Open Town explores the rich history
of Kansas City in the interwar period, which has been characterized as an exciting
period of growth, development, and cultural fluorescence--the city's Golden Age--even
in the midst of rampant public corruption, economic depression, and strained social
relations. The contributors to this wide-ranging collection seek to answer the question
of whether this really was Kansas City's Golden Age: did this era elevate, refine,
or ruin Kansas City's national profile? The contributors come from a variety of departments
and institutions, and chapters focus on such topics as the 1928 Republican National
Convention, the KC Monarchs, Mexican immigrants, drag shows, health care, the stockyards,
and Thomas Hart Benton--and, of course, jazz"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Burke, Diane Mutti (1968-....). Éditeur scientifique
Roe, Jason. Éditeur scientifique
Herron, John P. (1968-....). Éditeur scientifique
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Kansas City in the Pendergast era
Sujet(s) : Pendergast, Tom (1870-1945)
Sociologie urbaine -- Kansas City (Kan., États-Unis) -- 20e siècle
Kansas City (Kan., États-Unis) -- 20e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780700627059. - ISBN 0700627057. - ISBN 9780700627066. - ISBN 0700627065. -
ISBN 9780700627073 (erroné). - ISBN 0700627073 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46641938k
Notice n° :
FRBNF46641938
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Part 1. Politics And Progress In Kansas City's "Golden Age" -- ; 1. Other Tom's Town:
Thomas T. Crittenden Jr., Black Disfranchisement, and the Limits of Liberalism in
Kansas City ; p. 11 / / John W. McKerley ; ; 2. Big Deal in Little Tammany: Kansas
City, the Pendergast Machine, and the Liberal Transformation of the Democratic Party
; p. 32 / / Jeffrey L. Pasley ; ; 3. J. C. Nichols and Neighborhood Infrastructure:
The Foundations of American Suburbia ; p. 57 / / Sara Stevens ; ; 4. "A Magnificent
Tower of Strength": The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City ; p. 76 / / Jaclyn Miller
; ; 5. Our Time to Shine: The 1928 Republican National Convention and Kansas City's
Rising Profile ; p. 96 / / Dustin Gann ; ; Part 2. Breaking Barriers In A Segregated
City -- ; 6. Making Meat: Race, Labor, and the Kansas City Stockyards ; p. 119 / /
John Herron ; ; 7. Bitterest Battle: The Effort to Unionize the Donnelly Garment
Company ; p. 139 / / Kyle Anthony ; ; 8. Morally and Legally Entitled: Women's Political
Activism in Kansas City ; p. 157 / / K. David Hanzlick ; ; 9. Collaborative Confrontation
in the "Persistent Protest": Lucile Bluford and the Kansas City Call, 1939-1942 ;
p. 178 / / Henrietta Rix Wood ; ; 10. "As Good as Money Could Buy": Kansas City's
Black Public Hospital ; p. 196 / / Jason Roe ; ; 11. Kansas City's Guadalupe Center
and the Mexican Immigrant Community ; p. 216 / / Valerie M. Mendoza ; ; Part 3. Culture
At An American Crossroads -- ; 12. "The Event of the Season": Race, Charity, and Jazz
in 1920s Kansas City ; p. 239 / / Marc Rice ; ; 13. Radio Pioneers: The Coon-Sanders
Nighthawks ; p. 257 / / Chuck Haddix ; ; 14. Thomas Hart Benton and Kansas City's
"Golden Age" ; p. 275 / / Henry Adams ; ; 15. From Proscenium to Inferno: The Interwar
Transformation of Female Impersonation in Kansas City ; p. 291 / / Stuart Hinds ;
; 16. Kansas City's Liberty Memorial: Remembering Then and Now ; p. 307 / / Keith
Eggener.
