American Reformers, 18701920 - Progressives in Word and Deed

Informationen zum Autor Steven L. Piott is professor of history at Clarion University. He is the author of Giving Voters a Voice: The Origins of the Initiative and Referendum in America , Holy Joe: Joseph W. Folk and the Missouri Idea , and The Anti-Monopoly Persuasion: Popular Resistance to the Rise in Big Business in the Midwest . Klappentext In this new work, historian Steven L. Piott explores the fascinating and provocative lives of twelve influential American reformers placed in the historical context of the Gilded Age, Populist and Progressive eras. From Ida B. Wells to Louis Brandeis, Jane Addams to Charles Macune, Piott examines the diversity of ideas and approaches that characterized this dynamic period in American history. Zusammenfassung Explores the lives of twelve influential American reformers placed in the historical context of the Gilded Age! Populist! and Progressive eras. From Ida B Wells to Louis Brandeis! Jane Adams to Charles Macune! this book examines the ideas and approaches that characterized this dynamic period in American history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Lester Frank Ward and Reform Darwinism Chapter 2: Henry George's Democratic Economics Chapter 3: Charles W. Macune's Cooperative Vision Chapter 4: Ida B. Wells's Crusade Against Racism Chapter 5: Walter Rauschenbusch and the Social Gospel Chapter 6: Jane Addams and the Settlement House Idea Chapter 7: Florence Kelley's Quest for Humane Labor Legislation Chapter 8: Louis Brandeis, the Law, and Social Change Chapter 9: Lincoln Steffens Muckrakes the Business of Politics Chapter 10: Harvey W. Wiley and the Ethics of Pure Food and Drugs Chapter 11: John Randolph Haynes and Direct Democracy Chapter 12: Alice Paul and the Campaign for Human Rights

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Steven L. Piott, Piott Steven L.
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 03.03.2006
• EAN: 9780742527638
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-2763-8
• Seiten: 240
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909