| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 382 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-373) and index. |
| Contents |
Two Gilded Ages : a preface -- Danger and opportunity : an introduction -- Alice Hamilton, M.D. : the dangerous trades -- John R. Commons : the Pittsburgh survey -- Julia Lathrop : justice, not pity -- Florence Kelley : the wages of work -- Louis D. Brandeis : citizen -- Walter Rauschenbusch : the social gospel -- Ida B. Wells-Barnett : lynching in all its phases -- Progressive encore? A postscript. |
| Summary |
Tichi examines innovative leadership in periods of crisis in American history, starting from the late 19th century, when respected voices warned that America was on the brink of collapse. She brings 7 iconoclastic individuals from the Gilded Age back to life to show how citizen-activists can engage the problems of the age in imaginative ways. This is a provocative and powerfully written social history, a collection of minibiographies, and a user's manual on how a generation of social reformers can turn peril into progress with fresh, workable ideas. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- 1865-1921 -- Biography.
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1865-1921 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Progressivism (United States politics)
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Progressivism (United States politics) |
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Political activists -- United States -- Biography.
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Political activists. |
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Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
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Social reformers. |
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Leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
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Leadership. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1865-1933 |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1865-1918 |
| Subject |
Social problems -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Social problems. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Social problems -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tichi, Cecelia, 1942- Civic passions. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009 9780807833001 (DLC) 2009011634 (OCoLC)317361737 |
| ISBN |
9780807898697 (electronic book) |
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0807898694 (electronic book) |
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9780807833001 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807833002 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807871911 (paperback) |
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0807871915 (paperback) |
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