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Author Sealander, Judith.

Title Grand plans : business progressivism and social change in Ohio's Miami Valley, 1890-1929 / Judith Sealander.

Publication Info. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015]
©2015
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Description 1 online resource (282 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Business and Progressivism; 2 Employee Welfare at National Cash Register; 3 Flood Control in the Miami Valley; 4 City Manager Government for Dayton; 5 Educational Engineering; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary Scholars may have widely differing views of the Progressive Era, but all see business as holding the key to the reforms of that period. In this new book Judith Sealander amplifies our understanding of the relationship between business leaders and reform through a detailed examination of Dayton and the Miami Valley of Ohio. She focuses specifically on four progressive projects that made this nine-county region nationally known as a center for reform activism. The four ""projects"" include an extensive program of employee benefits instituted at the National Cash Register Company; the creation, in.
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Subject Business and politics -- Ohio -- Dayton -- History.
Business and politics.
Ohio -- Dayton.
History.
Business and politics -- Ohio -- Miami River Region -- History.
Ohio -- Miami River Region.
Dayton (Ohio) -- Economic conditions.
Dayton (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
Miami River Region (Ohio) -- Economic conditions.
Miami River Region (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
Progressivism (United States politics)
Progressivism (United States politics)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Sealander, Judith. Grand Plans : Business Progressivism and Social Change in Ohio's Miami Valley, 1890-1929. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813116532
ISBN 9780813159492 (electronic book)
0813159490 (electronic book)

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