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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787546603321

Autore

Cumbler John T

Titolo

From abolition to rights for all [[electronic resource] ] : the making of a reform community in the nineteenth century / / John T. Cumbler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8122-0382-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Disciplina

973.7114

Soggetti

Abolitionists - United States - History - 19th century

Social reformers - United States - History - 19th century

Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century

United States Social conditions 1865-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-225) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: "Till Every Yoke Is Broken" -- Chapter 1. The People and the Times -- Chapter 2. "With Other Good Souls" -- Chapter 3. "All the Great Men and Men of Respectability Stood Aloof' -- Chapter 4. "To Do Battle for Justice and the Oppressed" -- Chapter 5. "The Issue Is Universal justice" -- Chapter 6. "Blessed Are They Who When Some Great Cause... Calls Them ... Come" -- Chapter 7. Bringing Together the Professional and the Political -- Chapter 8. "Public Society Owes Perfect Protection": The State and the People's Rights -- Chapter 9. "A Relative Right" -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

The Civil War was not the end, as is often thought, of reformist activism among abolitionists. After emancipation was achieved, they broadened their struggle to pursue equal rights for women, state medicine, workers' rights, fair wages, immigrants' rights, care of the poor, and a right to decent housing and a healthy environment. Focusing on the work of a key group of activists from 1835 to the dawn of the twentieth century, From Abolition to Rights for All investigates how reformers, linked together and radicalized by their shared experiences in the abolitionist struggle, articulated a core natural rights ideology and molded it into a rationale for successive reform movements. The book



follows the abolitionists' struggles and successes in organizing a social movement. For a time after the Civil War these reformers occupied major positions of power, only to be rebuffed in the later years of the nineteenth century as the larger society rejected their inclusive understanding of natural rights. The narrative of perseverance among this small group would be a continuing source of inspiration for reform. The pattern they established-local organization, expansive vision, and eventual challenge by powerful business interests and individuals-would be mirrored shortly thereafter by Progressives.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153316203321

Autore

Nedialka

Titolo

La Journaliste En Lutte: Ses Notes Constructives Sur Ses Actions De L'interieur En Bulgarie De 1944 a 1958 Pour Reussir Avec Le Peuple L'avenir De La Democratie Populaire. - Faites Comme Elle Ici Et Ailleurs !

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Les Impliqués

ISBN

2-14-001767-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Dans les annees apres-guerre Nedialka Karalieva croit que le journalisme est comme le medecin pour la societe. Il doit ecouter les gens, les aider en disant tout haut ce que tous chuchotent, et en plus avec ce qui convient le mieux a la jeunesse - le rire. Elle voyage 14 ans a travers la Bulgarie comme un voyageur ordinaire, sans voiture ni accompagnateur pour verifier ou est la verite, apres elle ecrit ses remarquables feuilletons, les seuls dans l'histoire d'un journal communiste apres la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et cela jusqu'en 1958. Ce livre est important pour apprendre comment servir la verite du peuple, sans quoi il n'y a pas d'ideal. (Maria Koleva)