Salt Lake City, 1890-1930

Salt Lake City, 1890-1930
Author: Gary Topping
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738570747

Between 1890 and 1930, Salt Lake City experienced some of the most rapid and profound changes of any city in U.S. history. In its pioneer period, from the beginning of white settlement in 1847 to about 1890, the city struggled against outside pressures to maintain its identity as a self-sufficient Mormon utopian community, with its theocratic government, agricultural economy, and polygamous society. But by the turn of the 20th century, Mormonism had largely abandoned those features, and Salt Lake City was becoming like most other American cities as it embraced capitalism, the evolution of transportation and industry, ethnic and cultural diversity, women's rights, and modern entertainment.

Historic Photos of Salt Lake City

Historic Photos of Salt Lake City
Author: Jeff Burbank
Publisher: Historic Photos
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781596523852

Founded by Mormon pioneers seeking a place to practice their religion, Salt Lake City became a center of regional commerce, fueled by mining and the completion of the Union Pacific and local railroads. It ultimately attracted residents from all parts of Europe, as well as Mexico, China, and Japan. Historic Photos of Salt Lake City captures the story of this unique community through still photography selected from the finest collections, a visual record of the city's history presented in striking black-and-white photographs. From the building of the magnificent Mormon Temple and Tabernacle to the establishment of America's first department store; from muddy streets to wide boulevards with park-like medians; from Greek grocery stores to Japanese-American baseball teams, Historic Photos of Salt Lake City tells a visual story of a unique American city.

The Avenues of Salt Lake City

The Avenues of Salt Lake City
Author: Karl T. Haglund
Publisher:
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1980
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780913738313

This book deals with both the history and architecture of the Avenues Historic District -- primarily a residential district -- of Salt Lake City.

Secret Salt Lake City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Secret Salt Lake City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
Author: Jeremy Pugh
Publisher: Reedy Press LLC
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2021-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1681060736

Where can you find a chunk of the Matterhorn enshrined at a Utah ski resort? What is the origin of Josepa, the Hawaiian ghost town in the desert? And why is Utah called the Beehive State? You hold in your hands the answers to these questions and more in this guide to the oddities, wonders, myths, and legends of Utah’s capital city. Secret Salt Lake City opens a window into the weird, the bizarre, and the obscure secrets of the city, some of which are hiding in plain sight. Founded by religious pioneers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1847, its one-of-a-kind origin story makes Salt Lake City a rich backdrop for frontier grit, culture, and curious relics. Did you know that there is an alphabet hidden in your computer that was invented in Salt Lake City? What is the significance of the religious symbols on the Salt Lake Temple? And how did Sherlock Holmes solve a fictional mystery in London that originated in Utah? Lifetime resident and author Jeremy Pugh and Mary Brown Malouf unlock these mysteries and more to pull back the curtain on the secrets of Salt Lake City. This isn’t your traditional guidebook, and it will enrich your visit to the Crossroads of the West.

Appropriate: A Provocation

Appropriate: A Provocation
Author: Paisley Rekdal
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2021-02-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1324003596

A timely, nuanced work that dissects the thorny debate around cultural appropriation and the literary imagination. How do we properly define cultural appropriation, and is it always wrong? If we can write in the voice of another, should we? And if so, what questions do we need to consider first? In Appropriate, creative writing professor Paisley Rekdal addresses a young writer to delineate how the idea of cultural appropriation has evolved—and perhaps calcified—in our political climate. What follows is a penetrating exploration of fluctuating literary power and authorial privilege, about whiteness and what we really mean by the term empathy, that examines writers from William Styron to Peter Ho Davies to Jeanine Cummins. Lucid, reflective, and astute, Appropriate presents a generous new framework for one of the most controversial subjects in contemporary literature.

Infinite City

Infinite City
Author: Rebecca Solnit
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2010-11-29
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0520262492

What makes a place? Rebecca Solnit reinvents the traditional atlas, searching for layers of meaning & connections of experience across San Francisco.

The Peoples of Utah

The Peoples of Utah
Author: Utah State Historical Society
Publisher:
Total Pages: 526
Release: 1976
Genre: History
ISBN:

Contains histories of some of the minorities in Utah.

Utah History Encyclopedia

Utah History Encyclopedia
Author: Allan Kent Powell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 696
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN:

The first complete history of Utah in encyclopedic form, with entries from Anasazi to ZCMI!

LGBT Salt Lake

LGBT Salt Lake
Author: J. Seth Anderson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2017-05-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 143966059X

Salt Lake City, located along Utah's majestic Wasatch Mountains, has historically been a cradle of peculiar people. Before Western culture developed terms for lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) identities, diverse communities who recognized their differences from mainstream America made Salt Lake their home. By the early 1970s, a discernible "gay community" had emerged in Salt Lake City, laying the groundwork for future activism and institutions. In the 1970s, publications like Gayzette, the Salt Lick, and the Open Door documented the nascent movement. In the 1980s, amidst devastation from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, marginalized communities valiantly worked to fight the disease and support each other. By the 1990s, LGBT Utahns had gained traction legally and politically with the formation of the first gay straight alliance at East High School and the election of the first openly gay person to the Utah legislature in 1998. The transgender community became more visible in the new century, and by 2008, Utah began to play a prominent role in the battle over marriage equality.