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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 IntroductionChapter 1: Lester Frank Ward and Reform DarwinismChapter 2: Henry George's Democratic EconomicsChapter 3: Charles W. Macune's Cooperative VisionChapter 4: Ida B. Wells's Crusade Against RacismChapter 5: Walter Rauschenbusch and the Social GospelChapter 6: Jane Addams and the Settlement House IdeaChapter 7: Florence Kelley's Quest for Humane Labor LegislationChapter 8: Louis Brandeis, the Law, and Social ChangeChapter 9: Lincoln Steffens Muckrakes the Business of PoliticsChapter 10: Harvey W. Wiley and the Ethics of Pure Food and DrugsChapter 11: John Randolph Haynes and Direct DemocracyChapter 12: Alice Paul and the Campaign for Human Rights
