In plainer language, people live in the city or they live in the country. Throughout the nineteenth ... the twentieth century. Cities became the location of most of American life: politically ...

Of course, in the late 19th century, your ability to celebrate depended on your social class. New Year’s was one of the four traditional holidays off, the others being July 4th, Thanksgiving, and ...

They refused to allow the city ... The late 19th century had seen great strides in public health provision and hygiene. However, there was still a lot of ill health. In 1900, average life ...