The Columbian Exposition of 1893 was an important World’s Fair, so that many writers write about their experience in this fair and sharing their expectation for the cities they live in. Among those writers, we will discuss about the view John Coleman Adams and by Charles Zueblin in this fair. John Coleman is a Caucasian pastor and progressive liberal who write an article titled “What a Great City Might Be—Lessons from the White City,” published in 1896. In this article, he shared his view about the fair, also stated the issues that American cities may have and suggest an approach to solving them by looking to the fair. We see his strong sense for a reflective democracy in his writing and his religious and progressive background might be reflected in his writing. His audience are the inhabitants of Western cities, the government and leaders of cities which he pushed to act reasonably and efficiently for the advancement of their cities. Charles Zueblin was a Caucasian instructor of sociaology who write an article titled “The White City and After,” published in 1905. In this article, he talks about urban problems…show more content… Those articles reinforce what I heard about progressive era and cities. The progressive era was a period of social activism and political reform across The United States. Their writings are the proof of social activism and the pushed of political reform. The progressive movement main purpose was the elimination of problems caused by urbanization, industrialization and corruption in the government. Colman and Zueblin approached well those points and revealed the corruption and what have to be done. I was stroke the world was a source of innovation and change within the western cities and an asset for the progressive
