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Author Laugen, R. Todd.

Title The gospel of progressivism : moral reform and labor war in Colorado, 1900-1930 / R. Todd Laugen.

Publication Info. Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 231 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Timberline books
Timberline books.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : the varieties of Colorado progressivism -- Protestant progressives and the Denver party machine -- Public enemy : Colorado fuel and iron or the saloon? -- The Denver tramway crisis and the struggle for masculine citizenship -- The consuming public and the industrial commission -- Ben Lindsey and women progressives -- The Colorado Klan and the decline of progressivism -- Epilogue : the progressive legacy.
Summary Chronicling the negotiations of Progressive groups and the obstacles that constrained them, The Gospel of Progressivism details the fight against corporate and political corruption in Colorado during the early twentieth century. While the various groups differed in their specific agendas, Protestant reformers, labor organizers, activist women, and mediation experts struggled to defend the public against special-interest groups and their stranglehold on Colorado politics.
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Subject Colorado -- Politics and government -- 1876-1950.
Colorado.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1876-1950
Subject Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 20th century.
Progressivism (United States politics)
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Labor -- Colorado -- History -- 20th century.
Labor.
Labor laws and legislation -- Colorado -- History -- 20th century.
Labor laws and legislation.
Women -- Political activity -- Colorado -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Political activity.
Political corruption -- Colorado -- History -- 20th century.
Political corruption.
Chronological Term 1876-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: Laugen, R. Todd. Gospel of progressivism. Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2010 9781607320524 (DLC) 2010037930 (OCoLC)642837955
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