The fourteen articles in this anthology, previously published in the Missouri Historical Review, examine multiple facets of Kansas City's history in the ninetee

"Drawing on the recollections of renowned theater critic David Austin Latchaw and on newspaper archives of the era, Londre chronicles the "first golden age" of

This set of readings presents useful insights into urbanization and provides a fresh perspective on American cities and their inhabitants. Advancing the premise

While some cities owe their existence to lumber or oil, turpentine or steel, Kansas City owes its existence to food. From its earliest days, Kansas City was in

Sheds light on what the city is and does by analyzing what its citizens think it should be and do.