Browsing by Subject "Progressive Era"
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(2020-02-07)On August 8, 1899, hurricane San Ciriaco ravaged Puerto Rico, killing nearly 3,000 people in the floodwaters. The U.S. military’s occupational government reacted quickly in the aftermath and petitioned the federal government ...
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(2014-07-23)Examination of folk dance in the Chicago area from 1890 to 1940 reveals the centrality of the body to ideas about education in the early twentieth century. The dissertation illuminates the circulation of folk dance practices ...