During World War I, the fear that German spies were operating in America justified the rapid growth of federal intelligence agencies. When that threat proved illusory, these agencies targeted anti-war and labour groups. This text details this period of domestic spying in the Pittsburgh region.
The political party system in the United States has periodically undergone major realignments at various critical junctures in the country's history. The Civil War boosted the Republican Party's fortunes and catapulted it into majority status at the national level, a status that was further solidified during the Populist realignment in the 1890s. ...
At the end of the nineteenth century, Pittsburgh was leading the nation in glass production, and glass bottle plants in particular relied heavily on adolescent (and younger) males for their manufacturing process. These 'glass house boys' worked both day and night, as plants ran around the clock to meet production demands and remain price ...
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