Issue 1

Spring 2013

Contents

Letter from the Editors-in-Chief

Thomas Prendergast and Pranav Jain

American Interior Design: How a New American Sense of Style Changed Class Relations

Richard Deulofeut-Manzur, University of Chicago ’14

Chicago’s Engine Company 21: An Interracial Vision in an Era of Reconstructions, 1872-1900

Amber Bailey, University of Chicago ’13

A History of What Was Once Unspoken: Legitimizing Female Experiences of Sexual Harassment through Language and Law

Lilliana Paratore, Reed College ’13

Adopting the American Racial Lens: A history of Mexican migration to Chicago from the town of Arandas, Jalisco

Ricardo Alvarez-Pimental, University of Chicago ’12