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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Columbia History of Urban Life
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Columbia history of urban life.
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Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: The Making of a Radical, 1839-1879; 1. "To Be Something and Somebody in the World"; 2. "Poverty Enslaves Men We Boast Are Political Sovereigns": Progress and Poverty and Henry George's Republicanism; Part II: The Emergence of "New Political Forces," 1880-1885; 3. "New York Is an Immense City": The Empire City in the Early 1880s; 4. "Radically and Essentially the Same": Irish-American Nationalism and American Labor; 5. "Labor Built This Republic, Labor Shall Rule It"; Part III: The Great Upheaval, 1886-1887 |
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6. "The Country Is Drifting into Danger"7. "To Save Ourselves from Ruin"; 8. "Your Party Will Go Into Pieces"; Epilogue; Notes; Index |
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<Div>Edward T. O'Donnell is an associate professor of history at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He is the author of 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Irish American History and Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum, and he is the coauthor of Visions of America: A History of the United States. His work can be found at www.EdwardTODonnell.com and www.InThePastLane.com.</div> |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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George, Henry, 1839-1897.
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George, Henry, 1839-1897. |
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Equality -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Equality. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Poverty -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Poverty. |
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Labor movement -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Labor movement. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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National Book Committee. |
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Social conditions. |
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19th century |
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1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: O'Donnell, Edward Henry George and the Crisis of Inequality : Progress and Poverty in the Gilded Age New York : Columbia University Press,c2015 9780231120005 |
| ISBN |
9780231539265 (electronic book) |
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0231539266 (electronic book) |
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9780231120005 |
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