America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Urban Reform: How the Other Half Lives (1x20)

Fecha de emisión: May 01, 2015

Study how progressive reformers responded to the troubles of big cities through urban planning, new thinking about poverty, and the establishment of "settlement houses" and social work to aid the urban poor. Also learn about activism to address alcohol abuse and prostitution, as well as governmental actions to reform housing, urban sanitation, and public health.