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City in Literature
Two opposing visions frame discussions of the city in American literature, and both were voiced well before the United States became an urban nation. In the sermon “A Model of Christian Charity,” in 1630, John Winthrop reminded his fellow Puritans as ...
- Biographies
- Abbott, Edith
- Abrams, Charles
- Ackerman, Frederick L.
- Addams, Jane
- Anderson, Sherwood
- Armour, Philip Danforth
- Armstrong, Louis
- Barry, Marion S., Jr.
- Bartholomew, Harland
- Bauer, Catherine
- Bellows, George
- Benton, Thomas Hart
- Bogart, Humphrey
- Brice, Fanny
- Burgess, Ernest W.
- Burnham, Daniel H.
- Byrne, Jane M.
- Capone, Al
- Chaplin, Charlie
- Cooley, Charles Horton
- Coughlin, John Joseph
- Crump, Edward H.
- Curley, James Michael
- Daley, Richard J.
- Dinkins, David N.
- Du Bois, W. E. B.
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Ford, Henry
- Frazier, E. Franklin
- Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
- Gladden, Washington
- Hague, Frank
- Hatcher, Richard
- Hearst, William Randolph
- Hopper, Edward
- Horne, Frank S.
- Howard, Ebenezer
- Howe, Frederic C.
- Howells, William Dean
- Hoyt, Homer
- Jackson, Maynard
- Jacobs, Jane
- Jenney, William Le Baron
- Joplin, Scott
- Kahn, Louis I.
- Kelley, Florence
- Kenna, Michael “Hinky Dink”
- Kerouac, Jack
- Koch, Edward Irving
- La Guardia, Fiorello
- Lawrence, David L.
- Levitt, William
- Lindsay, John V.
- Logue, Edward
- MacDonald, Thomas H.
- Marsh, Reginald
- Mencken, H. L.
- Moses, Robert
- Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
- Mulholland, William
- Mumford, Lewis
- Murphy, Frank
- Myrdal, Gunnar
- Nolen, John
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, Sr.
- Park, Robert Ezra
- Perry, Clarence Arthur
- Pingree, Hazen S.
- Plunkitt, George Washington
- Pulitzer, Joseph
- Rauschenbusch, Walter
- Riis, Jacob August
- Rouse, James W.
- Segoe, Ladislas
- Sinclair, Upton
- Sloan, John
- Smith, Alfred E.
- Smith, Wilbur S.
- Sprague, Franklin Julian
- Steffens, (Joseph) Lincoln
- Stein, Clarence S.
- Stokes, Carl Burton
- Strong, George Templeton
- Strong, Josiah
- Sullivan, Louis Henri
- Sunday, William Ashley (Billy)
- Swift, Gustavus Franklin
- Thompson, William Hale “Big Bill”
- Tugwell, Rexford Guy
- Tweed, William Marcy
- Wald, Lillian D.
- Warner, Sam Bass, Jr.
- Warner, William Lloyd
- Washington, Harold
- Weaver, Robert C.
- Webb, Del E.
- Weber, Adna
- Whyte, William H.
- Williams, William Carlos
- Wirth, Louis
- Wood, Elizabeth
- Wright, Frank Lloyd
- Wright, Henry
- Wright, Richard
- Cities
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Austin, Texas
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Broadacre City
- Brooklyn, New York
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Chicago Fire
- Chicago, Illinois
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- City Beautiful Movement
- City Efficient Movement
- City in Literature
- City Planning
- Coal Towns
- College Towns
- Columbia, Maryland
- Columbus, Ohio
- Community in the Cities
- Dallas, Texas
- Denver, Colorado
- Detroit, Michigan
- Economy of Cities
- Edge Cities
- Education in Cities
- Families in Cities and Suburbs
- Federal Government and Cities
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Fresno, California
- Garden Cities
- Gateway Cities
- Gay Men's Cultures in Cities
- Great Depression and Cities
- Greenbelt Towns
- Greenwich Village, New York
- Harlem, New York
- Horses in Cities
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Industrial City
- Internet and Cities
- Irvine, California
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Lakewood, California (and the Lakewood Plan)
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Latinos Cities and Suburbs
- Lesbian Culture in Cities
- Llewelyn Park, New Jersey
- Los Angeles, California
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Miami, Florida
- Middle Class in Cities
- Mill Towns
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
- Model Cities
- Modernism and the City
- Motion Pictures and Cities and Suburbs
- Native Americans in Cities
- Natural Environment and Cities
- New England Towns and Villages
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- New York, New York
- Oakland, California
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Polish Americans in Cities
- Politics in Cities
- Portland, Oregon
- Poverty and Welfare in Cities
- Pullman, Illinois
- Radburn, New Jersey
- Religion in Cities and Suburbs
- Reston, Virginia
- Richmond, Virginia
- Riverside, Illinois
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- San Antonio, Texas
- San Diego, California
- San Francisco, California
- Seattle, Washington
- Single Women in the City
- Slavery in Cities
- Social Geography of Cities and Suburbs
- Spanish Colonial Towns and Cities
- St. Louis, Missouri
- States and Cities
- Sunbelt and Snowbelt Cities
- Tucson, Arizona
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Upper Class in Cities and Suburbs
- Washington, D.C.
- Wichita, Kansas
- Woman's City Clubs
- Women in Cities
- Women's Literature of Cities
- Working Class in Cities and Suburbs
- World War II and the City
- Doctrines, Actions, Movements, and Religions
- Education and Schools
- Finances and Commerce
- Housing
- Alley Housing
- Fair Housing Act of 1968
- Federal Housing Administration
- Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
- Flophouses
- Housing Act of 1934
- Housing Act of 1937
- Housing Act of 1949
- Housing Act of 1954
- Housing Segregation
- Housing, Owner-Built
- Lodging, Boarding, and Rooming Houses
- Prudential Insurance and Housing Development
- Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project
- Public Housing
- Robert Taylor Homes
- Row House
- Settlement House Movement
- Single-Family Detached House
- Tenement
- United States Housing Authority
- Presidential Administrations
- Race
- Abrams, Charles
- African American Business Districts
- African American Mayors
- African Americans in Cities
- African Americans in Suburbs and African American Towns
- Armstrong, Louis
- Asian Americans in the Suburbs
- Barry, Marion S., Jr.
- Black Panther Party
- Black Power
- Blockbusting
- Blues Music
- Busing
- Cabrini-Green
- Civil Rights
- Crowds and Riots
- Desegregation of Education
- Dinkins, David N.
- Du Bois, W. E. B.
- Environmental Racism
- Ethnic Neighborhoods
- Fair Housing Act of 1968
- Frazier, E. Franklin
- Gentrification
- Ghetto
- Harlem Renaissance
- Harlem, New York
- Housing Act of 1934
- Housing Act of 1937
- Housing Act of 1949
- Housing Act of 1954
- Housing Segregation
- Islam
- Jackson, Maynard
- Jazz
- Judaism and Jewish Communities
- Ku Klux Klan
- Latinos in Cities and Suburbs
- Mexican Americans
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- National Urban League
- Native Americans in Cities
- Nativism
- Negro (Baseball) Leagues
- New Urban History
- New Urbanism
- Poverty and Welfare in Cities
- Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project
- Public Health
- Public Housing
- Race Riots
- Racial Zoning
- Restrictive Deed Covenants
- Rioting
- Robert Taylor Homes
- Second Ghetto
- Skid Row
- Slavery in Cities
- Slum
- Smith, Wilbur S.
- Social Geography of Cities and Suburbs
- Social Gospel
- Social Protest
- Social Welfare
- South Side of Chicago
- Steffens, (Joseph) Lincoln
- Stokes, Carl Burton
- Streetcar and Bus Boycotts
- Tenement
- Universal Negro Improvement Association
- Upper Class in Cities and Suburbs
- Urban Crisis
- Urban Development Action Grant Program
- Urban Ecology
- Urban Finance
- Urban Frontier
- Urban Immigration
- Urban Institute
- Urban Land Institute
- Urban Political Reform
- Urban Protest Movements
- Urban Renewal and Revitalization
- Urbanization
- War on Poverty
- Washington, Harold
- Weaver, Robert C.
- Wright, Richard
- Theories
- Transportation
- Airports
- Benjamin Franklin Parkway
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Busing
- Canals
- Commuting
- Congestion
- Erie Canal
- Freeways and Expressways
- Grid Pattern
- Horses in Cities
- Interstate Highway Act of 1956
- Railroad Stations
- Railroad Suburbs
- Railroads
- Rapid Transit
- Street Lighting
- Streetcar and Bus Boycotts
- Streetcar Suburbs
- Suburban Railroad Service
- Tunnels
- Women
- Abbott, Edith
- Addams, Jane
- Bauer, Catherine
- Brice, Fanny
- Byrne, Jane M.
- Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
- Jacobs, Jane
- Kelley, Florence
- Single Women in the City
- Wald, Lillian D.
- Woman's City Clubs
- Women and Public Space
- Women in Cities
- Women's Civic Improvement Organizations and Voluntary Associations
- Women's Literature of Cities
- Women's World Fairs
- Wood, Elizabeth
- Working Women's Organizations
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