Join Joseph J. Varga, author of Hell’s Kitchen and the Battle for Urban Space: Class Struggle and Progressive Reform in New York City, 1894-1914 for this special event sponsored by the Gotham Center for New York City History.
The Progressive Era Reconsidered
Tuesday, March 24, 6:30-8 PM
Elebash Recital Hall
The Graduate Center
City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue (between 34th and 35th St)
New York City
David Hyussen, author of Progressive Inequality: Rich and Poor in New York, 1890-1920, sits down with Joseph Varga, author of Hell’s Kitchen and the Battle for Urban Space: Class Struggle and Progressive Reform in New York City, 1894-1914, to discuss some of our misconceptions about the famous reform era, and to explore new directions in historiography and research.
Free and open to the public. Seating is “first come, first served.” For more information, call 212-817-8471.
Praise for Hell’s Kitchen and the Battle for Urban Space:
“A solid contribution to urban studies and a welcome addition to the sociological literature on New York City.”—American Journal of Sociology
“Not just an eminently readable history of Hell’s Kitchen, but a fascinating example of how ‘taking space seriously’ can alter our historical understandings and perspectives in powerful ways.”—Antipode: A Journal of Radical Geography
“A sensitive study of the forces that make and break American blue-collar communities; and like the best spatial history it sheds light on an urban predicament that’s still unfolding.”
—Andy Merrifield, author, Magical Marxism: Subversive Politics and the Imagination
“A fascinating history of an important historic neighborhood and a provocative analysis of the ways in which interest groups vie for control of urban geography.”—Tyler Anbinder, author, Five Points; Professor of History, George Washington University
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