Kansas City, America's Crossroads Essays from the Missouri Historical Review, 1906-2006 |
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| Volume Editor:
| Mutti Burke, Diane
Herron, John |
| Introduction by:
| Mutti Burke, Diane
Herron, John |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9622891-6-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2007 |
| Publisher: | State Historical Society of Missouri
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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The fourteen articles in this anthology, previously published in the Missouri Historical Review, examine multiple facets of Kansas City's history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Beginning with events prior to the settlement of the area, the essays describe important episodes in the social, economic, racial, and political life of Kansas City. Boss Tom Pendergast, conflict between incoming Mormons and earlier settlers, and a young female teacher's experience in the 1840s all...
More DescriptionThe fourteen articles in this anthology, previously published in the Missouri Historical Review, examine multiple facets of Kansas City's history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Beginning with events prior to the settlement of the area, the essays describe important episodes in the social, economic, racial, and political life of Kansas City. Boss Tom Pendergast, conflict between incoming Mormons and earlier settlers, and a young female teacher's experience in the 1840s all figure into this rich history of the Kansas City area.