David Conrad-Perez: Fire in the Heart of the City
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David Conrad-Perez: Fire in the Heart of the City
Start Date 09/02/2026
Start Time 7:00 pm
End Date 09/02/2026
End Time
Location Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
Event Type Book and Poetry

David Conrad-Perez: Fire in the Heart of the City

Event Details

Historian David Conrad-Perez discusses Fire in the Heart of the City: The Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy and the Origins of Modern Charity. The book traces how New York’s elite claimed authority over social welfare after the 1911 fire, and the competing visions of wealthy philanthropists and labor reformers over who should answer a social crisis.